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Economics and Finance
Denmark
2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
42
Citations
18819
World Ranking
1444
National Ranking
11

Economics and Finance

D-Index
42
Citations
18785
World Ranking
1999
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2020 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Mirjam van Praag is affiliated with Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. Their research spans multiple areas within business, management, and economics, with a focus on entrepreneurship studies and influences, experimental behavioral economics, taxation and compliance, family business performance and succession, private equity and venture capital, corporate finance and governance, and gender diversity and inequality.

Their body of work includes publications in several academic venues:

  • Strategic Management Journal
  • Journal of Business Venturing
  • Academy of Management Journal
  • Journal of Public Economics
  • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Theodor Vladasel
  • Randolph Sloof
  • Simon C. Parker
  • Vera Rocha
  • Matthew J. Lindquist

Key recent publications are:

  • "Mind the gap: The role of gender in entrepreneurial career choice and social influence by founders," 2020, Strategic Management Journal
  • "On the origins of entrepreneurship: Evidence from sibling correlations," 2020, Journal of Business Venturing
  • "How Do Investors Evaluate Past Entrepreneurial Failure? Unpacking Failure Due to Lack of Skill versus Bad Luck," 2021, Academy of Management Journal
  • "Diverse cognitive skills and team performance: A field experiment based on an entrepreneurship education program," 2020, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • "Brains or beauty? Causal evidence on the returns to education and attractiveness in the online dating market," 2021, Journal of Public Economics

The main academic fields involved in their research are:

  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

The subfields covered include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Accounting
  • Safety Research

In terms of recognition, Mirjam van Praag has been awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020 and was made a member of the Academia Europaea in 2015.

Best Publications

  • What is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research

    Mirjam C. van Praag;Peter H. Versloot

  • The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship skills and motivation

    Hessel Oosterbeek;Mirjam van Praag;Auke Ijsselstein

  • The value of human and social capital investments for the business performance of startups

    Niels Bosma;Mirjam van Praag;Roy Thurik;Gerrit de Wit

  • Explaining entrepreneurial intentions by means of the theory of planned behaviour

    Marco van Gelderen;Maryse Brand;Mirjam van Praag;Wynand Bodewes

  • Entrepreneurship and role models

    Niels Bosma;Jolanda Hessels;Veronique Schutjens;Mirjam Van Praag

  • Business Survival and Success of Young Small Business Owners

    C. Mirjam van Praag

  • EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SELECTION AND PERFORMANCE: A REVIEW OF THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE

    Justin Van Der Sluis;Mirjam Van Praag;Wim Vijverberg

  • Low risk aversion encourages the choice for entrepreneurship: An empirical test of a truism

    J.S Cramer;J Hartog;N Jonker;C.M Van Praag

  • Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance: A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Education in Developing Economies

    Justin van der Sluis;Mirjam van Praag;Wim Vijverberg.

  • The Impact of Gender Diversity on the Performance of Business Teams: Evidence from a Field Experiment

    Sander Hoogendoorn;Hessel Oosterbeek;Mirjam van Praag

  • The Schumpeterian entrepreneur: a review of the empirical evidence on the antecedents, behaviour and consequences of innovative entrepreneurship

    Joern H. Block;Christian O. Fisch;Mirjam van Praag

  • Why Do Entrepreneurial Parents Have Entrepreneurial Children

    Matthew J. Lindquist;Joeri Sol;Mirjam Van Praag

  • Schooling, capital constraints, and entrepreneurial performance: The endogenous triangle

    Simon C Parker;C. Mirjam van Praag

  • The effect of early entrepreneurship education: Evidence from a field experiment

    Laura Rosendahl Huber;Randolph Sloof;Mirjam Van Praag

  • If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability: Entrepreneurs Versus Employees

    Joop Hartog;C. Mirjam van Praag;Justin van der Sluis

  • The entrepreneur's mode of entry: business takeover or new venture start?

    Simon C. Parker;C. Mirjam van Praag

  • Risk, Uncertainty, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment

    Martin Koudstaal;Randolph Sloof;Mirjam van Praag

  • Illegal entrepreneurship experience: Does it make a difference for business performance and motivation?☆

    Ruta Aidis;Ruta Aidis;Mirjam van Praag;Mirjam van Praag

  • The value of an educated population for an individual's entrepreneurship success

    José María Millán;Emilio Congregado;Concepción Román;Mirjam van Praag;Mirjam van Praag

  • The Economic Benefits and Costs of Entrepreneurship: A Review of the Research

    C. Mirjam van Praag;Peter H. Versloot

  • Determinants of successful entrepreneurship

    Mirjam van Praag

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon C. Parker
Simon C. Parker University of Western Ontario
Niels Bosma
Niels Bosma Utrecht University
Hessel Oosterbeek
Hessel Oosterbeek University of Amsterdam
Joop Hartog
Joop Hartog University of Amsterdam
Ingrid Verheul
Ingrid Verheul Erasmus University Rotterdam
Christian Fisch
Christian Fisch University of Luxembourg
André van Stel
André van Stel Kozminski University
Arjen van Witteloostuijn
Arjen van Witteloostuijn Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Timothy B. Folta
Timothy B. Folta University of Connecticut
Bernard M.S. van Praag
Bernard M.S. van Praag University of Amsterdam

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