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Education and Entrepreneurial Choice: An Instrumental Variables Analysis
Block, Joern H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Roy - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
1, pages 23-33.<P> Education is argued to be an important driver of the decision to start a business. The measurement of … countries and the US. Theeffect of education on the decision to become self-employed is found to be strongly positive … education, the greater the likelihood that he/she starts a business.Implications for entrepreneurship research and practice are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257474
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Education and Entrepreneurial Choice: An Instrumental Variables Analysis
Block, Joern H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Roy - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
Education is argued to be an important driver of the decision to start a business. The measurement of its influence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008513229
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964455
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The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Competencies and Intentions
Oosterbeek, Hessel; Praag, Mirjam van; IJsselstein, Auke - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students’ entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144437
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256430
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The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Competencies and Intentions
Oosterbeek, Hessel; Praag, Mirjam van; IJsselstein, Auke - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008
This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students’ entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256457
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Peers at Work: From the Field to the Lab
Veldhuizen, Roel van; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Sonnemans, Joep - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
In an influential study, Mas and Moretti (2009) find that “worker effort is positively related to the productivity of workers who see him, but not workers who do not see him”. They interpret this as evidence that social pressure can reduce free riding. In this paper we report an attempt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255595
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School Choice and Competition
Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Geest, Stephanie van der; Gradus, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
the leading principle of the Dutch education system since the beginning of the 20th century. Based on panel data for the … Netherlands we show that there is a relation between competition and student achievement in upper secondary education, but that it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256928
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School Choice and Competition
Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Geest, Stephanie van der; Gradus, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
the leading principle of the Dutch education system since the beginning of the 20th century. Based on panel data for the … Netherlands we show that there is a relation between competition and student achievement in upper secondary education, but that it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144456
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Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands
Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
irrelevance of education for socio-economic position of immigrants once the country of origin has been controlled for. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504936