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Working Papers

2012

1. Ability Dispersion and Team Performance: A Field Experiment
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (1)
2. Ethnic Diversity and Team Performance: A Field Experiment
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (5)
3. The Effect of Early Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
4. The value of an educated population for an individual's entrepreneurship success
   Scales Research Reports, EIM Business and Policy Research View citations (1)
5. Why Do Entrepreneurial Parents Have Entrepreneurial Children?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

2011

6. Entrepreneurship and Role Models
   Scales Research Reports, EIM Business and Policy Research View citations (13)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Psychology (2012)
7. Gender, risk aversion and remuneration policies of entrepreneurs
   Scales Research Reports, EIM Business and Policy Research
8. It's the Opportunity Cost, Stupid! How Self-Employment Responds to Financial Incentives of Return, Risk and Skew
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
9. Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
10. The More Business Owners the Merrier? The Role of Tertiary Education
    Scales Research Reports, EIM Business and Policy Research View citations (8)
11. The strength of a good example: How important are role models for early-stage entrepreneurs?
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

2009

12. Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (4)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2009) View citations (1)
13. Returns for Entrepreneurs vs. Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vs. Wage Employees
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (13)
14. Who Values the Status of the Entrepreneur?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in Jena Economic Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Max-Planck-Institute of Economics (2009)

2008

15. If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability: Entrepreneurs versus Employees
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (1)
    Also in Jena Economic Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Max-Planck-Institute of Economics (2008) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (2010)
16. The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Competencies and Intentions: An Evaluation of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company Program
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in Jena Economic Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Max-Planck-Institute of Economics (2008) View citations (3)

2007

17. Performance Measurement, Expectancy and Agency Theory: An Experimental Study
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2008)
18. The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations (1)
    Also in Jena Economic Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Max-Planck-Institute of Economics (2007)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2007)
19. The Value Relevance of Top Executive Departures: Evidence from the Netherlands
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Corporate Finance (2007)
20. What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (44)
    Also in Jena Economic Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Max-Planck-Institute of Economics (2007) View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article in Small Business Economics (2007)
21. Why Are the Returns to Education Higher for Entrepreneurs than for Employees?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (9)

2006

22. The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (3)
    Also in Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group (2006) View citations (3)

2003

23. Initial Capital Constraints Hinder Entrepreneurial Venture Performance: An empirical analysis
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations (2)

2002

24. Entrepreneurial venture performance and initial capital constraints
    Scales Research Reports, EIM Business and Policy Research
25. The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Startups
    Scales Research Reports, EIM Business and Policy Research View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Small Business Economics (2004)

2000

26. Determinants of Successful Entrepreneurship
    Working Papers, NEUHUYS - RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM View citations (17)
    Also in Scales Research Reports, EIM Business and Policy Research (2000) View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2013

1. The higher returns to formal education for entrepreneurs versus employees
   Small Business Economics, 2013, 40, (2), 375-396

2012

2. Entrepreneurship and role models
   Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33, (2), 410-424 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2011)

2010

3. Group Status and Entrepreneurship
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2010, 19, (4), 919-945 View citations (3)
4. If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability: Entrepreneurs Versus Employees
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2010, 19, (4), 947-989 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper (2008)
5. The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship skills and motivation
   European Economic Review, 2010, 54, (3), 442-454 View citations (16)

2008

6. EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SELECTION AND PERFORMANCE: A REVIEW OF THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
   Journal of Economic Surveys, 2008, 22, (5), 795-841 View citations (20)
7. Performance measurement, expectancy and agency theory: An experimental study
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2008, 67, (3-4), 794-809 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2007)
8. The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (rather than Z)
   Economica, 2008, 75, (300), 782-796 View citations (2)

2007

9. Illegal entrepreneurship experience: Does it make a difference for business performance and motivation?
   Journal of Business Venturing, 2007, 22, (2), 283-310 View citations (1)
10. The value relevance of top executive departures: Evidence from the Netherlands
    Journal of Corporate Finance, 2007, 13, (5), 721-742
    See also Working Paper (2007)
11. What is the value of entrepreneurship? A review of recent research
    Small Business Economics, 2007, 29, (4), 351-382 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2006

12. Schooling, Capital Constraints, and Entrepreneurial Performance: The Endogenous Triangle
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2006, 24, 416-431 View citations (21)
13. Wage Structure and the Incentive Effects of Promotions
    Kyklos, 2006, 59, (3), 441-459 View citations (2)

2005

14. Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance: A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Education in Developing Economies
    World Bank Economic Review, 2005, 19, (2), 225-261 View citations (14)
15. The Effects of Performance Measurement and Compensation on Motivation: An Empirical Study
    De Economist, 2005, 153, (3), 303-329 View citations (3)

2004

16. The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Startups
    Small Business Economics, 2004, 23, (3), 227-236 View citations (40)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2002

17. Low risk aversion encourages the choice for entrepreneurship: an empirical test of a truism
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2002, 48, (1), 29-36 View citations (82)

2001

18. The Roots of Entrepreneurship and Labour Demand: Individual Ability and Low Risk Aversion
    Economica, 2001, 68, (269), 45-62 View citations (55)

1995

19. Determinants of Willingness and Opportunity to Start as an Entrepreneur
    Kyklos, 1995, 48, (4), 513-40 View citations (32)
20. Firm-Size Wage Differentials in the Netherlands
    Small Business Economics, 1995, 7, (3), 173-82 View citations (12)