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Department of Strategy and Innovation

Prof. Dr. C.Mirjam van Praag is part time professor at Department of Strategy and Innovation.
Van Praag’s research, that is widely published in international academic journals, studies Economics of Entrepreneurship (e.g., Human Capital, Teams, Entrepreneurship and the Household) often using (field or natural) experiments. Besides entrepreneurship, she is also an active researcher in the field of Personnel Economics (performance measurement and rewards) and Behavorial Economics. Mirjam is a research fellow of the CEPR, IZA, Tinbergen Institute, ACE and ACLE as well as a member of Academia Europaea.
In the past, Mirjam was employed as a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, as a financial analyst with Procter & Gamble and as a research consultant with GFK Intomart. She has served as a non-executive member on various boards, both in the public and the private sector. Mirjam was the founding director of the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship. Mirjam van Praag is an econometrician (MSc and Phd UvA) and she has a daughter (Sarah, 1998) and a son (Boaz, 1999).
Economics of Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship and Human Capital
Entrepreneurship and Teams
Field Experiments in Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Education
Entrepreneurship and the Household
Performance measurement and rewards
Personnel Economics
Behavioral Economics
Contributions (lectures) to conferences, workshops, seminars, summer schools:
Please refer to Van Praag's Curriculum Vitae
Most Recent Publications
- Czibor, E., Claussen, J., van Praag, M. (2018) Women in a Men’s World: Risk Taking in an Online Card Game Community, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming
- Nagel, H., Huber, L., van Praag, M. (2018) The Effect of a Tax Training Program on Tax Compliance and Business Outcomes of Starting Entrepreneurs: Evidence from a Field Experiment, Journal of Business Venturing, forthcoming
- Sloof, R., van Praag, M., Koudstaal, M. (2018) Entrepreneurs: Intuitive or Contemplative Decision Makers?, Small Business Economics, forthcoming
- Rocha, V., van Praag, M., Folta, T.B., Carneiro, A. (2018) Endogeneity in Strategy-Performance Analysis: An Application to Initial Human Capital Strategy and New Venture Performance, Organizational Research Methods, forthcoming
- Block, J., C. Fisch, M. van Praag, M (2018), Quantity and Quality of Jobs by Entrepreneurial Firms, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 565–583
- Hoogendoorn, S., Parker, S.C. & van Praag, M. (2017) Smart or diverse start-up teams? Evidence from a field experiment, Organization Science, Vol. 28, No. 6, pp. 1010-1028
- Rosendahl Huber, L., Sloof, R. & van Praag, M. (2017) The Effect of Incentives on Sustainable Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment, Labour Economics, Vol. 45, pp. 92-106, April 2017
- Hsieh, C., Parker, S.C. & van Praag, C.M. (2017), Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship Small Business Economics, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 287-302
- Block, J., Fisch, C., van Praag, C.M. (2016), The Schumpeterian entrepreneur: A review of the empirical evidence on the antecedents, behavior, and consequences of innovative entrepreneurship, Industry & Innovation, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 61-95
- Koudstaal, M., Sloof, R. & van Praag, M. (2016), Risk, Uncertainty and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment Management Science, Vol. 62, No. 10, pp. 2897-2915
- Berkhout, P., Hartog, J. & van Praag, C.M. (2016), Entrepreneurship and financial incentives of return, risk and skew. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 249-268
- Lindquist, M., Sol, J. & van Praag, C.M. (2015), Why do Entrepreneurial Parents have Entrepreneurial Children? Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2, 4.2015, pp. 269-296
- Sloof, R. & van Praag, C.M. (2015), Testing for Distortions in Performance Measures: An Application to Residual Income Based Measures like EVA Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 74-91
- Rosendahl Huber, L., Sloof, R. & van Praag, C.M. (2014), The Effect of Early Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Field Experiment The European Economic Review, Vol. 72, 11.2014, pp. 76-97
- Congregado, E., Millan, J., Román, C., van Praag. C.M. & van Stel, A. (2014), The value of an educated population for an individual’s entrepreneurship success Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 29, No. 5, 9.2014, pp. 612-632
- Hoogendoorn, S.M., Oosterbeek, H. & van Praag, C.M. (2013), The Impact of Gender Diversity on the performance of business teams: Evidence from a field experiment Management Science, Vol. 59 No. 7, July 2013, pp. 1514-1528
Paper presented at DRUID23 Conference, 2023
In: Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 65, No. 4, 8.2022, p. 1083-1109
Bonn : IZA 2022, 94 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 15716)
In: Workplace Productivity and Management Practices . ed. /Solomon W. Polachek; Konstantinos Tatsiramos; Giovanni Russo; Gijs van Houten. Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing 2022, p. 207-238 (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 49)
In: Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 196, 4.2021
In: Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 36, No. 5, 9.2021
In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 177, 9.2020, p. 569-588
In: Economics of Education Review, Vol. 75, 4.2020
In: Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 41, No. 5, 5.2020, p. 841-866
In: Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 22, No. 3, 7.2019, p. 740-764
In: Small Business Economics, Vol. 53, No. 4, 12.2019, p. 901-920
In: Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 34, No. 2, 3.2019, p. 261-283
In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 158, 2.2019, p. 62-89
In: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 34, No. 4, 1.2018, p. 565–583
Bonn : IZA 2017, 34 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 11017) (Centre for Economic Policy Research. Discussion Papers, No. 12329)
Paper presented at DRUID Academy Conference 2017, 2017
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2017, 2017
Paper presented at DRUID17 Conference, 2017
Paper presented at 5th Linked Employer-Employee Data Workshop, 2017
Amsterdam : Tinbergen Institute 2017, 15 p. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. 2017-100/VII)
Stockholm : Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI). Stockholm University 2017, 56 p. (SOFI Working Papers, No. 7/2017 )
In: Small Business Economics, Vol. 48, No. 2, 2.2017, p. 287-302
In: Organization Science, Vol. 28, No. 6, 2017, p. 1010-1028
In: Labour Economics, Vol. 45, 4.2017, p. 92-106
Amsterdam : Tinbergen Institute 2017, 44 p. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. 17-006/VII) (Centre for Economic Policy Research. Discussion Papers, No. 11771)
Bonn : IZA 2017, 29 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 11018) (Centre for Economic Policy Research. Discussion Papers, No. 12330)
In: Industry and Innovation, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1.2017, p. 61-95
Bonn : IZA 2016, 32 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 9919) (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. TI 2016-030/VII)
In: Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2016, p. 249-268
Paper presented at The DRUID 20th Anniversary Conference 2016, 2016
Amsterdam : Tinbergen Institute 2016, 38 p. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. 16-110/VII)
London : Centre for Economic Policy Research 2016, 53 p. (Centre for Economic Policy Research. Discussion Papers, No. DP11562) (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 10278)
In: Economieonderwijs: Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staathuishoudkunde. Preadviezen 2016. . ed. /Lans Bovenberg; Ferry Haan. Amsterdam : Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staathuishoudkunde 2016, p. 97-108
In: Management Science, Vol. 62, No. 10, 2016, p. 2897-2915
Bonn : IZA 2016, 53 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 10104)
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2015, 2015
Amsterdam : Tinbergen Institute 2015, 31 p. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. 15-124/VII)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2015, 31 p.
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2015, 2015
In: Proceedings of the Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /John Humphreys. Briar Cliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2015 (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Proceedings of the Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /John Humphreys. Briar Cliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2015, p. 1280-1285 (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2015, p. 74-91
In: Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2, 4.2015, p. 269-296
Bonn : IZA 2015, 28 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 9612)
Amsterdam : Tinbergen Institute 2014, 35 p. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. 14-053/VII)
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2014, 2014
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014, 2014
Amsterdam : Tinbergen Institute 2014, 35 p. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. 14-116/V) (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 8429)
Amsterdam : Tinbergen Institute 2014, 27 p. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. 14-055/V) (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 8186)
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2014, 2014
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014, 2014
Bonn : IZA 2014, 29 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 8237)
Amsterdam : Tinbergen Institute 2014, 35 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 8577) (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. 14-136/VII)
Amsterdam : Tinbergen Institute 2014, 27 p. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. 14-056/V)
In: European Economic Review, Vol. 72, 11.2014, p. 76-97
In: Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 29, No. 5, 9.2014, p. 612–632
In: Economisch-Statistische Berichten, Vol. 99, No. 4694, 25.9.2014, p. 604
In: Economisch-Statistische Berichten, Vol. 99, No. 4684, 2.5.2014, p. 271
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Primary occupation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.