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Self-employment and unemployment in Spanish regions in the period 1979-2001

Golpe, Antonio A.; van Stel, André J. - 2007

This paper investigates the relation between changes in self-employment and changes in unemployment at the regional level in Spain in the period 1979-2001. We estimate a vec-tor autoregression model as proposed by Audretsch, Carree, van Stel and Thurik (2005) using a data base for Spanish...

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Does self-employment reduce unemployment?

Thurik, A. Roy; Carree, Martin A.; van Stel, André J.; … - 2007

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between self-employment and unem-ployment 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 increased...

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The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship competencies and intentions: an evaluation of the junior achievement student mini-company program

Oosterbeek, Hessel; van Praag, C. Mirjam; IJsselstein, Auke - 2007

Both the European Community, its member countries and the United States have stimulated schools to implement entrepreneurship programs into schooling curricula on a large scale, based on the idea that entrepreneurial competencies and mindsets must be developed at school. The leading and...

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Turbulence in High Growth and Declining Industries

Baptista, Rui; Karaoez, Murat - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

JENA ECONOMIC RESEARCH PAPERS # 2007 – 043 Turbulence in High Growth and Declining Industries … by Rui Baptista Murat Karaöz www.jenecon.de ISSN 1864-7057 The JENA ECONOMIC RESEARCH PAPERS is a …

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Parametric Contest Success Functions

Rai, Birendra K.; Sarin, Rajiv - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The key element of models of contest is the Contest Success Function (CSF) which specifies the winning probabilities of agents. We provide an axiomatization of two parametric families of CSFâ€™s. In the first, the winning probability of each agent depends on the investments and a vector of...

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The Relationship among innovative Output, Productivity, and Profitability. A test comparing USPTO and EPO data

Santarelli, Enrico; Lotti, Francesca - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

JENA ECONOMIC RESEARCH PAPERS # 2007 – 020 The Relationship among innovative Output ….jenecon.de ISSN 1864-7057 The JENA ECONOMIC RESEARCH PAPERS is a joint publication of the Friedrich-Schiller- University and the … Francesca Lotti do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of Italy. Jena Economic Research Papers 2007-020 2 1 …

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Beyond the Knowledge Production Function: The Role of R+D in a Multi-faceted Innovative Process

Catozzella, Alessandra; Vivarelli, Marco - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The purpose of this paper is to test the possible catalysing role of in-house R+D in fostering the complementarity of innovative inputs on a sample of 3045 manufacturing firms drawn from the third Italian Community Innovation Survey (1998-2000). The interactions between four different sources of...

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(Non-) Behavioral Economics - A Programmatic Assessment

Güth, Werner - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Economic theory has evolved without paying proper attention to behavioral approaches, especially to social, economic, and cognitive psychology. This has recently changed by including behavioral economics courses in many doctoral study programs. Although this new development is most welcome, the...

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Industry Specialization, Diversity and the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems

Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

JENA ECONOMIC RESEARCH PAPERS # 2007 – 018 Industry Specialization, Diversity and the Efficiency of Regional Innovation … Systems by Michael Fritsch Viktor Slavtchev www.jenecon.de ISSN 1864-7057 The JENA ECONOMIC RESEARCH PAPERS is … Based on Marshall (1890), Arrow (1962) and Romer (1986). Jena Economic Research Papers 2007-018 3 lock-in effects may …

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Religion and Entrepreneurship

Audretsch, David B.; Boente, Werner; Tamvada, … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

While considerable concern has emerged about the impact of religion on economic development, little is actually known about how religion impacts the decision making of individuals. This paper examines the influence of religion on the decision for people to become an entrepreneur. Based on a...

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