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Occupational choice and self-employment : are they related?
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael - 2013
-employment. -- entrepreneurial choice ; occupation-specific determinants of entrepreneurship ; risk preferences ; taste for variety …
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Occupational Choice and Self-Employment — Are They Related?
Sorgner, Alina - 2013
Often, a person will become an entrepreneur only after a period of dependent employment, suggesting that occupational choices precede entrepreneurial choices. We investigate the relationship between occupational choice and self-employment. The findings suggest that the occupational choice of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088208
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Occupational choice, number of entrepreneurs and output : theory and empirical evidence with Spanish data
Salas-Fumás, Vicente; Sanchez Asín, J. Javier; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 5 (2014) 1, pp. 1-24
distinguishing between SEWEs and SEWNEs in drawing valid conclusions concerning any link between entrepreneurship and economic …
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The firm size distribution across countries and skill-biased change in entrepreneurial technology
Poschke, Markus - 2014
: the entrepreneurship rate and the fraction of small firms fall with per capita income across countries, while average firm … newly introduces the last three to the literature. It then proposes a simple theory of skill-biased change in …'s potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms consistently benefit more from technological progress than …
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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378332
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Stepping forward : personality traits, choice of profession, and the decision to become self-employed ; conference paper
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013
We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single act...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342188
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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - 2009
for higher returns to human capital for entrepreneurs. -- Entrepreneurship ; ability ; occupational choice ; human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860403
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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - 2009
for higher returns to human capital for entrepreneurs. -- Entrepreneurship ; Ability ; Occupational Choice ; Human Capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872559
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Education and entrepreneurial choice : an instrumental variables analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: November 2010
the likelihood that he/she starts a business.Implications for entrepreneurship research and practice are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379198
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158681