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This paper empirically examines firm owners' gender difference in labor demand. We estimate the average treatment effect (ATE) of female ownership on employment of the firm using the 2007 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) Public Use Micro Sample (PUMS), provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Because...
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This paper investigates the relationship between state-based conflict and entrepreneurship. From a survey of the … opportunity-motivated forms of entrepreneurship, and (2) a positive association with unproductive and necessity-motivated forms of … entrepreneurship. We test these hypotheses by drawing on several state-based conflict and entrepreneurship measures, using appropriate …
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consequence, more necessity entrepreneurship and worse startup outcomes in terms of sales and employment growth. We explain this …
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. By utilizing new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001, we investigate the effects of the weak … entrepreneurial activity in its weak institutional environment. -- entrepreneurship ; institutions ; networks ; Russia …
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unemployment or inactivity risk attitudes do not seem to play a role in the decision process. -- risk attitudes ; entrepreneurship …
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unemployment. -- Entrepreneurship ; push and pull motives ; survival and failure ; job creation …
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unemployment. -- Entrepreneurship ; push and pull motives ; survival and failure ; job creation …
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change in the same sector and in others. -- Entrepreneurship ; employment growth ; regional development ; start-ups …
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competitiveness of the economy and may establish new jobs. The gains of entrepreneurship are only realized, however, if the business …
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Statistics to study nascent entrepreneurship. In particular, micro data from the GSOEP characterizing employees and nascent …-up activity, strongly indicate that regions with strong tradition in entrepreneurship are a breeding ground for nascent … entrepreneurs. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; young and small firms ; GSOEP …
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