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When the Quality of a Nation triggers Emigration

van Dalen, Hendrik P.; Henkens, Kène - 2006

emigration intentions of native-born inhabitants of one industrialized country in particular: the Netherlands. To understand … emigration from high-income countries we focus not only on factors that refer to individual characteristics, but also on the …, etc. Based on data about the emigration intentions of the Dutch population collected during the years 2004-2005 we …

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When the Quality of a Nation Triggers Emigration

van Dalen, Hendrik P. - 2006

emigration intentions of native-born inhabitants of one industrialized country in particular: the Netherlands. To understand … emigration from high-income countries we focus not only on factors that refer to individual characteristics, but also on the …, education, etc. Based on data about the emigration intentions of the Dutch population collected during the years 2004-2005 we …

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Skill Variety, Innovation and New Business Formation

Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - 2014

We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical framework linking new business creation with an entrepreneur's skill variety. Second, in this model we allow for both generalists and specialists to possess skill variety. Third,...

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Human Capital, Firm Capabilities, and Innovation

Bhaskarbhatla, Ajay; Hegde, Deepak; Peeters, Thomas - 2017

Are differences in inventor productivity due to differences in inventors’ skills or differences in the capabilities of the firms they work for? We analyze a 37-year panel that tracks the patenting of U.S. inventors and find strong evidence for serial correlation in inventors’ productivity....

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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework

Douhan, Robin; van Praag, Mirjam - 2009

We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...

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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-a-vis Wage Employees

van Praag, Mirjam; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; van der … - 2009

How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...

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Timing is everything: Labor market winners and losers during boombust cycles

Katovich, Erik; Parker, Dominic; Poelhekke, Steven - 2025

Sectoral expansions and contractions cause labor reallocation out of declining industries and into booming industries. Which types of workers gain and lose from these transitions? Using linked employer-employee panel data from Brazil spanning boom-bust cycles in its oil sector, we compare oil...

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A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2004

In our increasingly interconnected and open world, international migration is becoming an important socio-economic phenomenon for many countries. Since the early 1980s, many studies have been undertaken of the impact of immigration on host labour markets. Borjas (2003) noted that the estimated...

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Migration and Foreign Direct Investment : Education Matters

Gheasi, Masood - 2011

The rapid growth in the foreign-born population in many high and middle-income countries in recent decades has prompted much research on the socio-economic determinants and impacts of immigration. This paper investigates the relationship between the stock of foreign population by nationality...

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You've Got Email: A Workflow Management Extraction System

Chaipornkaew, Piyanuch; Prexawanprasut, Takorn; … - 2017

Email is one of the most powerful tools for communication. Many businesses use email as the main channel for communication, so it is possible that substantial data are included in email content. In order to help businesses grow faster, a workflow management system may be required. The data...

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