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Does Unemployment Insurance Change the Selection into Entrepreneurship?

In: Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges

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  • Johan Hombert
  • Antoinette Schoar
  • David Sraer
  • David Thesmar

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  • Johan Hombert & Antoinette Schoar & David Sraer & David Thesmar, 2016. "Does Unemployment Insurance Change the Selection into Entrepreneurship?," NBER Chapters, in: Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges, pages 351-369, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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