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Entrepreneurship and the Hidden Economy: An Extended Matching Model

Pugno, Maurizio; Lisi, Gaetano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper develops a labour market matching model in order to address the problem of the persistence of the hidden sector and of its regional concentration, as in Italy and in the enlarged Europe. The main novel features of the model are that entrepreneurial ability affects job productivity,...

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BUSINESS DEMOGRAPHY DYNAMICS IN PORTUGAL: A NON-PARAMETRIC SURVIVAL ANALYSIS

Nunes, Alcina; Sarmento, Elsa - Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos (GEE), Ministério da … - 2010

and determinants of new firm survival, we produced a new entrepreneurship database, using the administrative data of … computation of a comprehensive array of entrepreneurship indicators on employer enterprise and survival dynamics in Portugal, over …

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Business Demography Dynamics in Portugal: a Semi-parametric Survival Analysis

Nunes, Alcina; Sarmento, Elsa - Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos (GEE), Ministério da … - 2010

to approach the prevalence of some stylized facts and determinants of new firm survival, a new entrepreneurship database …

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Entry Regulation and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence from a German Natural Experiment

Rostam-Afschar, Davud - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

The amendment to the German Trade and Crafts Code in 2004 offers a natural experiment to asses the causal effects of this reform on the probabilities of being self-employed and transition into and out of self-employment, using cross-sections (2002-2006) of German microcensus data. This study...

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Clusters and Entrepreneurship

Delgado, Mercedes; Porter, Michael; Stern, Scott - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2010

This paper examines the role of regional clusters in regional entrepreneurship. We focus on the distinct influences of … region-industry. While reversion to the mean and diminishing returns to entrepreneurship at the region-industry level can … impact of clusters on entrepreneurship. After controlling for convergence in start-up activity at the region-industry level …

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Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Tunisia

Drine, Imed; Grach, Mouna - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

male and female perceptions of typical entrepreneurship support services, such as government provision of information … suggest that existing support services are inadequate for promoting female entrepreneurship. Accordingly we discuss support …

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Adapting to Climate Change An Integrated Biophysical and Economic Assessment for Mozambique

Arndt, Channing; Strzepeck, Kenneth; Tarp, Finn; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

Mozambique, like many African countries, is already highly susceptible to climate variability and extreme weather events. Climate change threatens to heighten this vulnerability. In order to evaluate potential impacts and adaptation options for Mozambique, we develop an integrated modelling...

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Comparative Survival Analysis of Firms: the case of the Portuguese North region

Sarmento, Elsa; Nunes, Alcina - Departamento de Economia, Gestão e Engenharia … - 2010

on the creation of a specific entrepreneurship database, based on Quadros de Pessoal, where the methodology of Eurostat …

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Differences between entrepreneurs and employees in their educational paths

Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Tuor Sartore, Simone; Wettstein, … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2010

entrepreneurs. Thus, the permeability of a national educational system is one crucial determinant for entrepreneurship. …

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Firm Exit and Armed Conflict in Colombia

Camacho, Andriana; Rodriguez, Catherine - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

This paper uses two unique panel data sets to study the causal effect that armed conflict has over entrepreneurial activity in Colombia. Using a fixed effect estimation methodology at the plant level and controlling for the possible endogeneity of armed conflict through the use of instrumental...

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