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Explaining female and male entrepreneurship at the country level

Verheul, Ingrid; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2005

Using Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data for 29 countries this study investigates the (differential) impact of … several factors on female and male entrepreneurship at the country level. These factors are derived from three streams of … literature, including that on entrepreneurship in general, on female labor force participation and on female 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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