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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379198
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280373
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Determinants of job satisfaction across the EU-15 : a comparison of self-employed and paid employees
Millán Morera de la Vall, José María; Hessels, Jolanda; … - 2011 - Version: January 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011383255
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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan
Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership … been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372966
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Business accomplishments, gender and entrepreneurial self-image
Verheul, Ingrid (contributor);  … - 2004
impact of business accomplishments and gender on entrepreneurial self-image and explores the definition of entrepreneurship … university alumni associate with self-perceptions of entrepreneurship. Experience as a small business person (founding, running … separate expert panel study are used to rank business accomplishments according to degree of entrepreneur-ship. Results of both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001994200
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Linking business ownership and perceived administrative complexity : an empirical analysis of 18 OECD countries
Stel, Adriaan J. van (contributor);  … - 2004
Administrative burdens are known to be a major business constraint for incumbent SMEs in modern economies. Far less is known about the influence of these burdens on the startup of new firms. The current paper examines to what extent perceived administrative complexity related to starting a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002261106
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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment : is Portugal an outlier?
Baptista, Rui (contributor); Thurik, Adriaan R. (contributor) - 2004
The present paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship, as measured by the variation in business … outlier in regard to the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment when compared with the OECD average. Although the nature … of entrepreneurship may be different in the Portuguese case, due to a high proportion of "micro-businesses" created for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002261265
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Total factor productivity and the role of entrepreneurship
Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003851107
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Education and entrepreneurial choice : an instrumental variables analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003913187