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Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment?

Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Roy; van Stel, André; … - 2007

This paper investigates the dynamic interrelationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, unemployment rates may stimulate start-up activity of self-employed. On the other hand, higher rates of self-employment may indicate increased entrepreneurial activity reducing...

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The Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Unemployment in Japan

van Stel, André; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid; Baljeu, … - 2007

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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Total Factor Productivity and the Role of Entrepreneurship

Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Roy - 2009

models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that – when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …

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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous and do Family Background Variables make Sense as Instruments? A Bayesian Analysis

Block, Joern H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Roy - 2010

Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...

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Determinants of Job Satisfaction across the EU-15: A Comparison of Self-Employed and Paid Employees

Millan, Jose Maria; Hessels, Jolanda; Thurik, Roy; … - 2011

Job satisfaction of self-employed and paid-employed workers is analyzed using the European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 covering the years 1994-2001. We distinguish between two types of job satisfaction, i.e. job satisfaction in terms of type of work and job satisfaction in terms of...

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Culture's Role in Entrepreneurship : Self-Employment Out of Dissatisfaction

Hofstede, Geert; Noorderhaven, N.; Thurik, Roy; … - 2009

. The bivariate relationship between levelof entrepreneurship and a number of economic factors, cultural traits … thelevel of entrepreneurship at the aggregated societal level. Findings indicate that the factors determining level of … entrepreneurship arecomplex, but the basic finding is that dissatisfaction with society and life ingeneral determines level of …

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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous? A Bayesian Analysis

Block, Jorn H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart F.; Thurik, Roy - 2014

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Business Accomplishments, Gender, and Entrepreneurial Self-Image

Thurik, Roy - 2009

The purpose of this study is to determine whethergender and business accomplishments influence the degree to which individualsperceive themselves to be entrepreneurs.Following a review of theliterature on the relationships among gender business accomplishments andentrepreneurial self-image, it...

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