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In this paper we discuss necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship. We use panel data to analyze how these two types of entrepreneurs differ in general, and in their ability to discover and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities. We find that the opportunities exploited by opportunity entrepreneurs are generally more profitable than are those exploited by necessity entrepreneurs. We also find that ...
In:
Schmalenbach Business Review (sbr)
63 (2006), 4, 154-174
| Joern H. Block, Marcus Wagner
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2006,
| Joern H. Block, Marcus Wagner
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We empirically analyze the language proficiency of migrants in the Netherlands. Traditionally, the emphasis in studying language proficiency and economic outcomes has been on the relation between earnings and indicators for language proficiency, motivated by the human capital theory. Here we analyze whether there is a relation between proficiency of the destination language and job level. A lack of ...
Bonn:
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
2013,
(IZA DP No. 7366)
| Hans G. Bloemen
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Luxembourg:
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS),
2006,
(Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 450)
| Ines Blohm, Sebastien Briel, Claudia Brülin, Uta Heumann, Martina Pauly
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This chapter reviews the use of auxiliary data in studies of cross-national variations in the above factors and the impacts upon survey nonresponse. It discusses expected sources of cross-national differences in survey participation processes. Then, the chapter classifies potential sources of auxiliary data, focusing on contact data. It reviews existing cross-national studies of nonresponse and summarizes ...
In:
Janet A. Harkness, Michael Braun, Brad Edwards, Timothy P. Johnson, Lars Lyberg, Peter Ph. Mohler, Beth-Ellen Pennell, Tom W. Smith ,
Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts
Hoboken: Wiley
335-354
| Annelies G. Blom, Annette Jäckle, Peter Lynn
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Colchester:
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research,
2008,
(ISER Working Paper No. 2008-01)
| Annelies G. Blom, Peter Lynn, Annette Jäckle
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Abstract The German experience of the financial crisis was very different from that of most other European countries. Germany was hit by a very strong shock that was relatively concentrated in the exporting, manufacturing industries. In addition, the German labour market was very resilient during the crisis due to earlier labour market reforms and policy instruments facilitating labour hoarding. As ...
In:
Fiscal Studies
36 (2015), 4, 453-474
| Maximilian J. Blömer, Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Max Löffler, Andreas Peichl
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This study provides life-cycle evidence on the relationship between childhood investments (contexts), cognitive and non-cognitive skills, and life out-comes (social progress). From a policy perspective, societies are interested in generating high levels of social progress. We therefore investigate how Germany performs in terms of aggregate social progress and how individual life success is generated ...
Mannheim:
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW),
2014,
(ZEW Research Report)
| Dorothea Blomeyer, Manfred Laucht, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Pia Pinger, Karsten Reuß
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In:
Yossi Shavit, Hans-Peter Blossfeld ,
Persistent Inequality: Changing Educational Attainment in Thirteen Countries
Boulder - San Francisco - Oxford: Westview
51-74
| Hans-Peter Blossfeld
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In:
Karen Oppenheim Mason, An-Magritt Jensen ,
Gender and Family Change in Industrialized Countries
Oxford: Clarendon Press
200-222
| Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Alessandra De Rose, Jan M. Hoem, Götz Rohwer