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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 … 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 human capital than employees. We present an intuitive model showing that …

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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 … 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 human capital than employees. We present an intuitive model showing that …

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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework

Douhan, Robin - 2009

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 human capital than employees. We present an intuitive model showing that … for higher returns to human capital for entrepreneurs …

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How House Price Dynamics and Credit Constraints Affect the Equity Extraction of Senior Homeowners

Moulton, Stephanie - 2015

Households can borrow against equity through different channels, including home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), second liens, cash-out refinancing, and for senior homeowners, reverse mortgages. We use data from the New York Federal Reserve/Equifax Consumer Credit Panel, the U.S. Department of...

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Seniors’ Home Equity Extraction : Credit Constraints and Borrowing Channels

Moulton, Stephanie - 2019

Households borrow against home equity through different types of mortgages: closed end home equity loans or revolving lines of credit, cash-out refinancing, and—for senior homeowners—reverse mortgages. The objective of this study is to identify how borrowing constraints and the lending...

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Searching for a Roommate : A Correspondence Audit Examining Racial/Ethnic and Immigrant Discrimination among Millennials

Gaddis, S. Michael - 2020

Survey research finds that Millennials have less prejudiced views of racial/ethnic minorities than other generations, leading some to label Millennials as post-racial. However, attitudinal survey research may be subject to social desirability bias since it documents words instead of actions....

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What if firms could borrow more? : evidence from a natural experiment

Brown, James R.; Martinsson, Gustav; Thomann, Christian - 2015

We study the effects of a unique lending program initiated by the Swedish government at the height of the financial crisis that allowed firms to suspend payment of all labor-related taxes and fees. Comprehensive administrative data on all Swedish firms show that firms borrowing from the program...

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Information and Credit Constraints : Evidence from Horticultural Farmers in Rwanda

Abouaziza, Mohamed - 2020

Business plan competitions can be a crucial factor to boost entrepreneurship through mitigating information and credit …

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Do local bank branches reduce SME credit constraints? : evidence from public-private bank interaction

Gustafsson, Anders; Manduchi, Agostino; Stephan, Andreas - 2019

In the past few decades, commercial banks have substantially reduced the number of their branch offices. We address the question of whether or not the increased distance from the lenders correspondingly faced by many small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) translates into a lower volume of...

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Credit supply shocks and firm dynamics : evidence from Brazil

Bazzi, Samuel; Muendler, Marc-Andreas; Oliveira, Raquel F. - 2023

We explore how financial constraints distort the entry decisions among otherwise productive entrepreneurs and limit … growth of promising young firms. A model of liquidity-constrained entrepreneurs suggests that the easing of credit …

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