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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 …

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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan

Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2007

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The relation between economic development and business ownership revisited

Carree, Martin Anthony; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, … - 2007

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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Business ownership and economic growth in 23 OECD countries

Carree, Martin Anthony; Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, … - 2000

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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Uncertainty avoidance and the rate of business ownership across 22 OECD countries, 1976 - 2000

Wennekers, A. R.; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2004

countries. First, the concepts of uncertainty and risk are elaborated, as well as theirrelevance for entrepreneurship. Second … (uncertaintyavoidance) may have a diverging impact on entrepreneurship. Possibly, a climate of uncertainty avoidancein large organizations …, suggesting that risingopportunity costs of entrepreneurship are the dominant perception in this cultural environment. In a …

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The value of an educated population for an individual's entrepreneurship success

Millán Morera de la Vall, José María; Congregado, Emilio - 2013 - Version: September 2013

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 more business owners the merrier? : the role of tertiary education

Praag, Mirjam van; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2011

Policy in developed countries is often based on the assumption that higher business ownership rates induce economic value. Recent microeconomic empirical evidence casts doubts on the validity of this assumption or, at least, leads to a more nuanced view: Especially the top performing business...

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The entrepreneurial adjustment process in disequilibrium

Burke, Andrew; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2009

The main contribution of entrepreneurship theory to economics is to provide an account of market performance in …

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Impeded industrial restructuring : the growth penalty

Audretsch, David B.; Carree, Martin Anthony; Stel, … - 2000

This paper documents that a process of industrial restructuring has been transforming the developed economies, where large corporations are accounting for less economic activity and small firms are accounting for a greatershare of economic activity. Not all countries, however, are experiencing...

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The relationship between firm births and job creation

Stel, Adriaan J. van; Storey, David J. - 2002

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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