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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Ivan Png on&nbsp\;Entrepreneurship and the School of Hard K
 nocks: Evidence from China’s Great FamineDr. Ivan Png\, National Universit
 y of SingaporeWe exploit geographical differences in\nthe intensity of Chi
 na’s Great Famine\, 1959-61\, as a quasi-natural experiment\nto identify t
 he effect of hardship on entrepreneurship.&nbsp\; We find robust\nevidence
  of more entrepreneurship in counties that experienced greater hardship\nd
 uring the Famine.&nbsp\; The effect of hardship on entrepreneurship is mor
 e\npronounced in those aged below six at the start of the famine.&nbsp\; W
 e\ninvestigate whether the difference is due to selective mortality or ada
 ptation\nof personality\, and find evidence of changes towards greater ris
 k\ntolerance.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Dr.\nPng\nis\na Distinguished Professor at the 
 National University of Singapore\, and a\nvisiting professor at Cornell Un
 iversity. His research focuses on the economics\nof innovation.&nbsp\; Dr.
  Png was\na nominated MP (10th Parliament\nof Singapore)\, 2005-06. Previo
 usly\, he was a faculty member at the Anderson\nSchool\, UCLA (1985-96). H
 e holds a Ph.D. from the Stanford Graduate School of\nBusiness.Sponsored b
 y Trade Development and Political Economy at the Moynihan Institute of Glo
 bal Affairs&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:TDPE presents: Dr. Ivan Png
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><b>Dr. Ivan Png on&nbsp\;Entrepreneurship a
 nd the School of Hard Knocks: Evidence from China’s Great Famine</b></p><p
 ><b>Dr. Ivan Png\,</b> <i>National University of Singapore</i></p><p>We ex
 ploit geographical differences in\nthe intensity of China’s Great Famine\,
  1959-61\, as a quasi-natural experiment\nto identify the effect of hardsh
 ip on entrepreneurship.&nbsp\; We find robust\nevidence of more entreprene
 urship in counties that experienced greater hardship\nduring the Famine.&n
 bsp\; The effect of hardship on entrepreneurship is more\npronounced in th
 ose aged below six at the start of the famine.&nbsp\; We\ninvestigate whet
 her the difference is due to selective mortality or adaptation\nof persona
 lity\, and find evidence of changes towards greater risk\ntolerance.&nbsp\
 ;&nbsp\;<br></p><b>Dr.\nPng</b>\nis\na Distinguished Professor at the Nati
 onal University of Singapore\, and a\nvisiting professor at Cornell Univer
 sity. His research focuses on the economics\nof innovation.&nbsp\; Dr. Png
  was\na nominated MP (10th Parliament\nof Singapore)\, 2005-06. Previously
 \, he was a faculty member at the Anderson\nSchool\, UCLA (1985-96). He ho
 lds a Ph.D. from the Stanford Graduate School of\nBusiness.<p><i><b>Sponso
 red by Trade Development and Political Economy at the Moynihan Institute o
 f Global Affairs&nbsp\;</b></i></p>
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