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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 …
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Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship … of time. An implication of our novel finding is that entrepreneurship and higher education policies should be considered …
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The main contribution of entrepreneurship theory to economics is to provide an account of market performance in …
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The present study aims at explaining female and male entrepreneurship from a country perspective. Explanatory variables … are derived from three streams of literature, including the literature on the determinants of entrepreneurship in general …, on female labor force participation, and on female entrepreneurship. To test hypotheses we make use of Global …
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entrepreneurial dynamics and its level of economic development. This would imply a different scope for entrepreneurship policy across … subsequent stages of development. Regressing GEM's 2002 data for nascent entrepreneurship in 36 countries on the level of … taxes (+) and population growth (+). The results suggest that a 'natural rate' of nascent entrepreneurship is to some extent …
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This paper examines the relationship between firm births and job creation in Great Britain. We use a new data set for 60 British regions, covering the whole of Great Britain, between 1980 and 1998. The central theme of the paper is that, with the exception of a recent paper by Audretsch and...
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This paper revisits the two-equation model of Carree, van Stel, Thurik and Wennekers (2002) where deviations from the ‘equilibrium’ rate of business ownership play a central role determining both the growth of business ownership and that of economic development. Two extensions of the...
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In the present paper we address the relationship between the extentof business ownership (self-employment) and economic development. We will focusupon three issues. First, how is the equilibrium rate of business ownershiprelated to the stage of economic development? Second, what is the speed...
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