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Drivers of Entrepreneurship: Linking with Economic Growth and Employment Generation (A Panel Data Analysis)

Rasool, Farhat; Gulzar, Ahmed; Naseer, Shaheen - In: The Pakistan Development Review 51 (2012) 4, pp. 587-606

The need for entrepreneurship for economic development has always been crucial in the history of successful nations and developed economies because entrepreneurs are the leaders who invent innovative ideas that give spark to economic activities. Entrepreneurship is a key determinant of...

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Self-employment dynamics, state dependence and cross-mobility patterns

Caliendo, Marco; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2008

This paper analyzes the mobility between self-employment, wage employment and non-employment. Using data for men in West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non-employment increases the probability of self-employment...

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Immigrants and entrepreneurship

Lofstrom, Magnus - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many countries have established special visas and entry...

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Immigration and Entrepreneurship

Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2013

Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not...

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Transitioning from Solo Self-Employed to Microbusiness Employer: Local Economic Environment or Owner Characteristics?

Henley, Andrew - 2019

Only a minority of micro-businesses create jobs for others. This paper addresses whether personal characteristics and resources of the microbusiness owner or the local external economic environment are drivers of job creation. In the UK context of significant growth in self-employment but a...

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Persistence of entrepreneurship in different historical contexts

Fritsch, Michael; Pylak, Korneliusz; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019

level and the sources of persistence from the 1920s until today. Persistence is mainly found in those regions that were part …, ruling out that persistence is driven by transmission of culture. In most regions that were already part of Poland before … entrepreneurship is related to the historical success of regions, which we capture by the pre-war level of and self-employment in …

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Immigrants and entrepreneurship

Lofstrom, Magnus; Wang, Chunbei - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)

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The role of hybrid entrepreneurship in explaining multiple job holders' earnings structure

Schulz, Matthias; Urbig, Diemo; Procher, Vivien - 2018

Despite the high prevalence of hybrid entrepreneurs among multiple job holders, research on hybrid entrepreneurship and multiple job holding has largely evolved independently from each other. We take a first step for a fruitful exchange between both research streams by building on hybrid...

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Institutional reform for innovation and entrepreneurship: An agenda for Europe

Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - 2017

It is imperative that the economies of the European Union become more entrepreneurial to promote innovation and economic growth. To achieve these goals, we propose a reform strategy with respect to (i) the rule of law and the protection of property rights; (ii) the tax system; (iii) regulations...

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The entrepreneurial culture: guiding principles of the self-employed

Noseleit, Florian - 2008

What makes entrepreneurs different? Using a cross-country dataset, this paper explores essential parts of the value system of entrepreneurs in Western European countries by comparing value items of the self-employed to that of the non-self-employed. The self-employed rate values higher that aim...

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