Entrepreneurship selection and performance: A meta-analysis of the impact of education in developing economies

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-261

  van der Sluis, Justin ^a   van Praag, Mirjam ^a   Vijverberg, Wim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 28044440040     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhi013     Document Type: Review

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