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Return migrants : The rise of new entrepreneurs in rural China

Démurger, Sylvie; Xu, Hui - HAL - 2011

This paper analyzes return migrants' occupational choice upon their return to their home village, by using an original rural household survey conducted in Wuwei county (Anhui province, China) in 2008. We apply two complementary approaches : a horizontal comparative analysis of occupational...

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Entrepreneurship and Rent-Seeking Behavior

Dejardin, Marcus - HAL - 2011

entrepreneurship and rent-seeking behavior. It comprises the introduction of employed concepts, the discussion of the allocation of … entrepreneurs between different types of economic projects, namely between innovative entrepreneurship and rent-seeking, as well as … the explicative factors of the allocation. Interactions between entrepreneurship, rent-seeking and growth are considered …

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Financial development, entrepreneurship and job satisfaction

Bianchi, Milo - HAL - 2008

This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and the employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non- monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738704

Liquidity, risk and occupational choices

Bianchi, Milo; Bobba, Matteo - HAL - 2010

significantly increase entry into entrepreneurship, thereby providing evidence of financial constraints. We then develop a simple … currently received. We interpret these findings as evidence that the program has been effective in promoting micro-entrepreneurship …

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On the impact of trade on industrial structures: The role of entry cost heterogeneity

Oyama, Daisuke; Sato, Yasuhiro; Tabuchi, Takatoshi; … - HAL - 2009

individuals on the formation of entrepreneurship in a two-country occupation choice model. We show that trade opening gives rise …

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Determinants of self-employment : the case in Vietnam

Do, Thi Quynh Trang; Duchêne, Gérard - HAL - 2007

The determinants of self-employment are widely studied in the economic literature in recent twenty years. However, in the case of Vietnam where self-employed population takes an important proportion in workforce, it remains an under researched area. By using the data from the Vietnam Household...

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By Choice and by Necessity: Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in the Developing World

Margolis, David - HAL - 2014

Over half of all workers in the developing world are self-employed. Although some self-employment is chosen by entrepreneurs with well-defined projects and ambitions, roughly two thirds results from individuals having no better alternatives. The importance of self-employment in the overall...

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Financial Development, Entrepreneurship, and Job Satisfaction

Bianchi, Milo - HAL - 2012

This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non-monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by building a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647496

Return migrants : The rise of new entrepreneurs in rural China

Démurger, Sylvie; Xu, Hui - HAL - 2010

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Entrepreneurship as a process of collective exploration

Doganova, Liliana - HAL - 2009

entrepreneurship, and provides detailed examination of a case study on a French academic spin-off. …

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