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09-111/3 - Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-a-vis Wage Employees


  • Authors
    Mirjam van Praag, University of Amsterdam; Arjen van Witteloostuijn, University of Antwerp, and Utrecht University; Justin van der Sluis, University of Amsterdam
  • Publication date
    December 8, 2009
  • Keywords
    entrepreneurship, self-employment, returns to education, performance, personal control, locus of control, human capital, wages, incomes
  • JEL
    J23, J24, J31, J44, M13