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Factors Affecting Performance of Women Entrepreneurs

Ibeh, Ena-Mary - In: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (2009), pp. 39-50

Entrepreneurship is the assumption of risk and responsibility in designing and implementing a business strategy or … hardship. Entrepreneurship is usually part of the informal sector in both developed and developing countries and the success …

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Shadow Economy Hinders Entrepreneurship

Georgiou, Miltiades N. - 2013

In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out that shadow economy is an obstacle to entrepreneurship. The …

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A tale of two species: Revisiting the effect of registration reform on informal business owners in Mexico

Bruhn, Miriam - In: Journal of Development Economics 103 (2013) C, pp. 275-283

municipalities with high pre-reform constraints to formal entrepreneurship. These results explain why Bruhn (2008, 2011) finds no …

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Political reservations and women's entrepreneurship in India

Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - In: Journal of Development Economics 108 (2014) C, pp. 138-153

heightened entrepreneurship is due to channels like greater finance access or heightened inspiration for women entrepreneurs. …

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A comparison of EPI sampling, probability sampling, and compact segment sampling methods for micro and small enterprises

Chao, Li-Wei; Szrek, Helena; Peltzer, Karl; Ramlagan, … - In: Journal of Development Economics 98 (2012) 1, pp. 94-107

Finding an efficient method for sampling micro- and small-enterprises (MSEs) for research and statistical reporting purposes is a challenge in developing countries, where registries of MSEs are often nonexistent or outdated. This lack of a sampling frame creates an obstacle in finding a...

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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis

Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010

Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...

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The effects of entrepreneurship education

Weber, Richard; Graevenitz, Georg von; Harhoff, Dietmar - 2009

Entrepreneurship education ranks highly on policy agendas in Europe and the US, but little research is available to … assess its impacts. In this context it is of primary importance to understand whether entrepreneurship education raises … intentions to be entrepreneurial generally or whether it helps students determine how well suited they are for entrepreneurship …

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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis

Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010

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Lifting the iron curtain : school-age education and entrepreneurial intentions

Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2015

We exploit Germany’s reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...

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Lifting the iron curtain : school-age education and entrepreneurial intentions

Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2015

We exploit Germany's reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346583