University Students and Entrepreneurship. Some insights from a population-based survey
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Keywords
Entrepreneurship; university; start up; students; education;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CSE-2017-02-26 (Economics of Strategic Management)
- NEP-EDU-2017-02-26 (Education)
- NEP-ENT-2017-02-26 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-EUR-2017-02-26 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-INO-2017-02-26 (Innovation)
- NEP-SBM-2017-02-26 (Small Business Management)
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