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An exploratory analysis of the effects of the formalisation policy for individual micro-entrepreneurs
Corseuil, Carlos Henrique; Neri, Marcelo Cortes; … - 2014
promoting: i) micro-entrepreneurship in Brazil; and ii) the formalisation of entrepreneurs. Regarding the promotion of micro-entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010402557
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Young entrepreneurs in rural Africa : prevalence, determinants, productivity
Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - 2014
understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419074
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Homeownership and entrepreneurship : the role of mortgage debt and commitment
Bracke, Philippe; Hilber, Christian; Silva, Olmo - 2014
We study the link between homeownership, mortgage debt, and entrepreneurship using a model of occupational choice and … homeowners start a business; and (ii) the negative relation between mortgage debt and entrepreneurship is more pronounced when … income volatility is higher. Our model further predicts that the relation between housing wealth and entrepreneurship is …
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Grown-up business cycles
Pugsley, Benjamin; Şahin, Ayşegül - 2014
We document two striking facts about U.S. firm dynamics and interpret their significance for aggregate employment dynamics. The first observation is the steady decline in the firm entry rate over the last thirty years, and the second is the gradual shift of employment from younger to older firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459706
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Court-ship, kinship and business : a study on the interaction between the formal and the informal institutions and its effect on entrepreneurship
Chakraborty, Tanika; Mukherjee, Anirban; Saha, Sarani - 2015
In this paper we theoretically and empirically examine how the interaction between the formal court system and the informal loan network affects a household's decision to start a business. We find that when the formal court system is weak, expansion of informal credit network leads to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488828
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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2014
employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010433906
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The continued search for the solow residual : the role of national entrepreneurial ecosystem
Acs, Zoltán J.; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; … - 2014
This paper introduces a new concept in addition to the traditional measures of stocks of capital, labor, human capital and knowledge, to understand the Solow Residual: National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (NEE). The NEE construct is based on a methodology that combines institutions and human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438892
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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014
employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438895
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Entrepreneurship development in Serbia : the chance for a way out of economic crisis
Anicic, Jugoslav; Laketa, Marko; Laketa, Luka; Anicic, Dusan - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 5 (2014) 2, pp. 189-198
small and medium enterprises (SME) development. The assertion of entrepreneurship as a whole, production in the first place …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010439071
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Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2015 - This version: January 2015
Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification. Applying the non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique, we find that the main factors driving these changes in the overall level of self-employment are demographic...
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