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. Education and entrepreneurship are both influenced by other related factors. The current study estimates causal effects of … formal education on entrepreneurship outcomes by instrumenting for an individual's years of schooling using cohort mean years … education for men. The results suggest that formal education enhances entrepreneurship. …
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I investigate the mechanisms that drive sorting into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial success among young … individuals. I use Canadian matched owner-employeremployee data to conduct my investigation. Empirically, older entrepreneurs and …" entrepreneurs. I use the estimated model to evaluate policies designed to promote entrepreneurship. …
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I present a theory on the relationship between educational choice and entrepreneurship in a labour market with …-ability individuals choose to quit school and become entrepreneurs. Using a comprehensive set of Norwegian register data, I find that this … entrepreneurship rates in the population. …
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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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for higher returns to human capital for entrepreneurs. -- Entrepreneurship ; Ability ; Occupational Choice ; Human Capital …
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fact that human capital on the individual and regional levels may be interrelated in affecting entrepreneurship. We use … German survey data, which allow us to focus on a specific measure of human capital (diversity in task experience) and to … the level of entrepreneurship activity via individual and aggregated pathways and that the price elasticity of diverse …
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for higher returns to human capital for entrepreneurs. -- Entrepreneurship ; ability ; occupational choice ; human capital …
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self-employment, new business plans, entry into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial traits using data from the Nepal …
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In the media role models are increasingly being acknowledged as an influential factor in explaining the reasons for the choice of occupation and career. Various conceptual studies have proposed links between role models and entrepreneurial intentions. However, empirical research aimed at...
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founder(s). The analysis is based on matched employer-employee data and covers about 5,300 startups in manufacturing …
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