Education and entrepreneurial choice: An instrumental variables analysis

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-33

  Block, Joern H ^a   Hoogerheide, Lennart ^a   Thurik, Roy ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

education; endogeneity; entrepreneurial choice; instrumental variables; occupational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872525630     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242611400470     Document Type: Article

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