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Determinants of Job Satisfaction Across the EU-15 : A Comparison of Self-Employed and Paid Employees

Millán, José María - 2011

Job satisfaction of self-employed and paid-employed workers is analyzed using the European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 covering the years 1994-2001. We distinguish between two types of job satisfaction, i.e. job satisfaction in terms of type of work and job satisfaction in terms of...

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Regional effect heterogeneity of start-up subsidies for the unemployed

Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - 2013

Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an effective policy tool to improve long-term employment and income prospects of participants, in particular compared to other active labor market programs (e.g. training, job search...

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The COVID-19 pandemic and entrepreneurship in Germany : first observations and interpretations

Fritsch, Michael; Greve, Maria; Wyrwich, Michael - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected not only incumbent firms, but also the emergence of start-ups. This paper investigates and analyzes the pandemic's effect on new business formation, as well as business exits and insolvencies, in Germany. We find that the overall level of business...

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Entrepreneurship and digitalisation in EU : twinning insights through a panel threshold regression

Nicolescu, Ana-Cristina; Lobonț, Oana-Ramona; Vătavu, … - In: Journal of business economics and management 25 (2024) 2, pp. 315-336

2006-2020, to capture the relationship between new business density rate, as a proxy for entrepreneurship, and individuals … entrepreneurship is influenced by the skills, knowledge, and experience of the entrepreneurs, including their education, training, and … entrepreneurship was visible in emerging countries, while the lowest was for countries classified as moderate innovators. The research …

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Entrepreneurial activity and economic growth : a dynamic data panel analysis of European countries

Gomes, Sofia; Ferreira, Pedro - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 10 (2022) 2, pp. 7-20

entrepreneurship driven by opportunity (directly or indirectly by perceived capacities) is a key factor in stimulating the European … that analyses the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth, but using a sample of countries in Europe (there are few … the global entrepreneurship monitor (GEM) to assess their impact of entrepreneurship on countries’ economic growth. …

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Latent entrepreneurship in transition economies : some entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs face financial and bureaucratic barriers to starting a business

Atasoy, Hilal - 2015

Because entrepreneurial activity can stimulate job creation and long-term economic growth, promoting entrepreneurship …

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Does self-employment reduce unemployment?

Audretsch, David B.; Carree, Martin Anthony; Stel, … - 2005 - This version: October 2007

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, high unemployment rates may lead to start-up activity of self-employed individuals (the “refugee” effect). On the other hand, higher rates of self-employment may indicate...

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Entrepreneurial moral hazard in income insurance

Ejrnæs, Mette; Hochgürtel, Stefan - 2011

We study entrepreneurs’ behavioral responses of effort (moral hazard) to avoid business failure.This is done in the context of an unemployment insurance scheme for self-employed, wherewe estimate how much of the transition probability to unemployment can be causally attributedto being insured....

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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?

Praag, Mirjam van - 2009

Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes … consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneurship is … be expected and respect. Furthermore, our results imply that entrepreneurship is associated with hard work, high incomes …

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Education and entrepreneurial choice : an instrumental variables analysis

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

the likelihood that he/she starts a business.Implications for entrepreneurship research and practice are discussed. …

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