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Entrepreneurial entry: which institutions matter?

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2009

In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become an entrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights and the size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test the relationships empirically by combining...

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School competition and students' entrepreneurial intentions: International evidence using historical Catholic roots of private schooling

Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010

School choice research mostly focuses on academic outcomes. Policymakers increasingly view entrepreneurial traits as a non-cognitive outcome important for economic growth. We use international PISA-2006 student-level data to estimate the effect of private-school competition on students'...

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Size matters: Entrepreneurial entry and government

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010

-level institutional indicators for 47 countries with working age population survey data taken from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor …

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What accounts for international differences in student performance? : a re-examination using PISA data

Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004

We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and institutions are all significantly related to math, science and reading achievement. Our models account...

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What accounts for international differences in student performance? : a re-examination using PISA data

Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004

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The economics of international differences in educational achievement

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010

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Universal Basic Skills : What Countries Stand to Gain

Hanushek, Eric Alan (contributor); … - 2015

While access to schooling has expanded around the world, many countries have not realised the hoped-for improvements in economic and social well-being. Access to education by itself is an incomplete goal for development; many students leave the education system without basic proficiency in...

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Universal basic skills : what countries stand to gain

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - OECD - 2015

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Crises, COVID-19, and entrepreneurship : editorial

Batjargal, Bat; Jack, Sarah; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Stam, Erik - In: Entrepreneurship theory and practice : ET&P 47 (2023) 3, pp. 651-661

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Renascent Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial Preferences Subsequent to Firm Exit

Stam, Erik; Audretsch, David B.; Meijaard, Joris - 2006

Why should individuals that have exited their firm consider re-entering into entrepreneurship, i.e. become renascent … entrepreneurs? According to the logic of economic models of firm dynamics there is no reason to re-enter into entrepreneurship … following termination of a previous firm. In contrast, research on nascent entrepreneurship has shown the positive effect of …

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