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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...

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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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State Bankruptcy Law and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Border Analysis

Ross, Amanda; Rohlin, Shawn - European Regional Science Association - 2013

This paper examines how differences in state bankruptcy laws, specifically the amount of the homestead exemption, affect business location decisions. We expand upon the literature by narrowing the geographic scope and focus on the amount of entrepreneurial activity within a few miles of the...

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Market Size, Productivity and Entrepreneurship in a Model a'la Melitz

Pokrovsky, Dmitry - European Regional Science Association - 2013

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TOP TEAM DEMOGRAPHICS, INNOVATION AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE: FINDINGS FROM ENGLISH FIRMS AND CITIES, 2008-9

Nathan, Max - European Regional Science Association - 2013

High levels of net migration to the UK have contributed to growing cultural diversity, and researchers are turning their attention to the long-term effects of diversity on productivity. Yet little is known about these issues. This paper asks: what are the links between the composition of firms'...

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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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Regional Transitions from Socialism to Entrepreneurship: Russia and Germany compared

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael; … - European Regional Science Association - 2014

in the process of transition to a market-type economy. In this comparison entrepreneurship in West Germany is used as a … entrepreneurship and determinants of the decision to be self-employed in these two countries and their regions. While a number of …,et al.,2008). There is, however,hardly evidence on the dynamics of entrepreneurship in detail and with comparison to other …

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