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JOSÉ MARÍA MILLÁN OCTOBER 2014 CONTACT INFORMATION ADDRESS Department of Economics Universidad de Huelva Plaza de la Merced 11 21071 Huelva SPAIN CONTACT Office Phone: (+34) 959217886 Fax: (+34) 959217828 E-mail: jose.millan@dege.uhu.es Linkedin: linkedin.com/pub/jose-maria-millan/9/50/a73 ResearchGate: researchgate.net/profile/jose_millan5 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND September 2008 Doctor in Economics (Universidad de Huelva, SPAIN) Thesis: Self-employment across the EU-15: A Microeconometric Approach to its Determinants and Success Supervisor: Emilio Congregado (Universidad de Huelva, SPAIN) Qualification: Summa Cum Laude with European Honours (Granted by the University of Huelva Extraordinary PhD Award in Social Sciences in the academic year 2007-2008) Committe: Roy Thurik (Erasmus Universiteit, THE NETHERLANDS) Simon Parker (University of Western Ontario, CANADA) Mirjam van Praag (Universiteit van Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS) André van Stel (Universiteit van Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS) Juan A. Máñez Castillejo (Universidad de Valencia, SPAIN) 2001-2003 M.Sc. in Quantitative Economics Quantitative Economics Doctorate. (QED) Universidad de Alicante, SPAIN M.Sc. Thesis: Some Empirical Aspect of Self-employment in Spain during the Nineties Supervisor: Javier Álvarez De Pedro (Spanish Central Bank, SPAIN) 1995-2001 B.Sc. in Business Universidad de Sevilla, SPAIN 1998-1999 Studies at the International Business School Faculteit Economie Hogeschool van Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS RESEARCH INTERESTS Major Fields: Labour economics, economics of entrepreneurship, public policy evaluation. 1

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS Millán, A., J.M. Millán, C. Román, and A. van Stel, 2014, Unraveling the relationship between the business cycle and the own-account worker's decision to hire employees. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal (forthcoming). doi: 10.1007/s11365-014-0346-z. Van Stel, A., J.M. Millán and C. Román, 2014, Investigating the impact of the technological environment on survival chances of employer entrepreneurs. Small Business Economics (forthcoming). doi: 10.1007/s11187-014-9565-5. Congregado, E., J.M. Millán and C. Román, 2014, The emergence of new entrepreneurs in Europe. International Economics 138, 28-48. doi: 10.1016/j.inteco.2014.01.002. Millán, J.M., E. Congregado and C. Román, 2014, Entrepreneurship persistence with and without personnel: The role of human capital and previous unemployment. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal 10(1), 187 206. doi: 10.1007/s11365-011-0184-1. Block, J., L. Goerke, J.M. Millán and C. Román, 2014, Family employees and absenteeism. Economics Letters 123(1) 94 99. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.01.023. Millán, J.M., E. Congregado and C. Román, 2014, Persistence in entrepreneurship and its implications for the European entrepreneurial promotion policy. Journal of Policy Modeling 36(1), 83 106. doi: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2013.10.001. Millán, J.M., E. Congregado, C. Román, M. van Praag and A. van Stel, 2014, The value of an educated population for an individual s entrepreneurship success. Journal of Business Venturing 29(5), 612 632. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.09.003. Block, J., J.M. Millán, C. Román and H. Zhou, 2013, Job satisfaction and wages of family employees. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (forthcoming). doi: 10.1111/etap.12035. Millán, A., J.M. Millán, C. Román, and A. van Stel, 2013, How does employment protection legislation influence hiring and firing decisions by the smallest firms? Economics Letters 121(3), 444 448. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.09.021. Millán, J.M., J. Hessels, R. Thurik and R. Aguado, 2013, Determinants of job satisfaction: A European comparison of self-employed and paid employees. Small Business Economics 40(3), 651 670. doi: 10.1007/s11187-011-9380-1. Román, C., E. Congregado and J.M. Millán, 2013, Start-up incentives: entrepreneurship policy or active labour market programme? Journal of Business Venturing 28(1), 151 175. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.01.004. Millán, J.M., E. Congregado and C. Román, 2012, Determinants of self-employment survival in Europe. Small Business Economics 38(2), 231 258. doi: 10.1007/s11187-010-9260-0. Román, C., E. Congregado and J.M. Millán, 2011, Dependent self-employment as a way to evade employment protection legislation. Small Business Economics 37(3), 363 392. doi: 10.1007/s11187-009-9241-3. Congregado, E., J.M. Millán and C. Román, 2010, From own-account worker to job creator. International Review of Entrepreneurship 8(4), 277 302. PUBLICATIONS IN OTHER REFEREED JOURNALS Congregado, E., J.M. Millán and C. Román, 2011, The role of innovation on entrepreneurs survival in the EU-15 (in Spanish), Economía Industrial 382, 119 127. 2

Millán J.M., E. Congregado and C. Román, 2010, Determinants of self-employment dynamics and their implications on entrepreneurial policy effectiveness. Lecturas de Economía 72, 45 76. Congregado, E., A. Golpe and J.M. Millán, 2006, Own-account workers within the Spanish labour market: situation, policies and challenges (in Spanish), Perspectivas del Sistema Financiero 86, 1 17. Aguado, R., E. Congregado and J.M. Millán, 2002, Entrepreneurship, funding and innovation (in Spanish), Economía Industrial 347, 125 134. BOOK CHAPTERS IN INTERNATIONAL EDITED BOOKS Román, C., E. Congregado and J.M. Millán, 2011, The role of labour market institutions on entrepreneurship dynamics in times of crisis: evidence from European countries, in Entrepreneurship and Global Competitiveness in Regional Economies: Determinants and Policy Implications, Gary D. Libecap and Sherry Hoskinson (Eds.). Series: Advanced in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Economic Growth, Vol. 22, 161 183. Emerald Publishing. doi: 10.1108/S1048-4736(2011)0000022010. Congregado, E. A. Golpe, J.M. Millán and C. Román, 2008, Building a statistical system on Entrepreneurship: a theoretical framework, in Measuring Entrepreneurship: Building a Statistical System, Congregado, E. (Ed.). Series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship, Vol. 16, 307 338, Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-72288-7_16. Carmona, M. M. Cerdán and J.M. Millán, 2008, Financial system and entrepreneurship: institutions and agents, in Measuring Entrepreneurship: Building a Statistical System, Congregado, E. (Ed.). Series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship, Vol. 16, 297 306, Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-0- 387-72288-7_15. Golpe, A., J.M. Millán and C. Román, 2008, Labour market institutions and Entrepreneurship, in Measuring Entrepreneurship: Building a Statistical System, Congregado, E. (Ed.). Series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship, Vol. 16, 279 296, Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-72288-7_14. Millán, J.M., E. Congregado and C. Román, 2008, Entrepreneurship analysis from a human population surveys perspective, in Measuring Entrepreneurship: Building a Statistical System, Congregado, E. (Ed.). Series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship, Vol. 16, 85 112, Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-72288-7_6. BOOK CHAPTERS IN SPANISH EDITED BOOKS Congregado, E. and J.M. Millán, 2008, Entrepreneurs, human capital and competitiveness (in Spanish), in Claves de la Economía Mundial 2008, ICEX-ICEI, 149 156. Congregado, E. and J.M. Millán, 2008, Human capital and transitions to self-employment (in Spanish), in El Capital Humano y los Emprendedores en España, Publicaciones Fundación Bancaja- IVIE, 102 134. Congregado, E., A. Golpe and J.M. Millán, 2005, Determinants of entrepreneurs supply (in Spanish), in Cuestiones Claves de la Economía Española. Perspectivas Actuales 2004, Centro de Estudios Andaluces, 165 187. 3

ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW Román, C., Millán, A., J.M. Millán, and A. van Stel, Does the effectiveness of employment incentive programs vary by firm size? Burke, A., J.M. Millán, C. Román and A. van Stel, Lean versus resourceful start-up strategies and new venture performance. Congregado, E., J. Iglesias, J.M. Millán and C. Román, Effects, dynamics and routes out of overqualification in Europe: A comprehensive analysis distinguishing by employment status. SPANISH TEXTBOOKS Congregado, E., A. Golpe, J.M. Millán and C. Román, 2014, Intermediate Microeconomics (in Spanish), Pearson Educación, Madrid. ISBN 978-84-9035-4803. Congregado, E., A. Golpe, J.M. Millán and C. Román, 2014, Problems and Questions of Intermediate Microeconomics (in Spanish), Pearson Educación, Madrid. ISBN 978-84-9035-1314. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2013 XVI Applied Economics Meeting, Granada (SPAIN) 2012 RENT XXVI - Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Lyon (FRANCE) 2012 ISBE 2012 - Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Annual Conference, Dublin (IRELAND) 2011 JEI 2011 Jornadas de Economía Industrial, Valencia (SPAIN) 2011 XIV Applied Economics Meeting, Huelva (SPAIN) 2010 RENT XXIV - Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Maastricht (THE NETHERLANDS) 2010 XIII Applied Economics Meeting, Sevilla (SPAIN) 2009 RENT XXIII - Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Budapest (HUNGARY) 2009 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Boston (USA) 2009 XII Applied Economics Meeting, Madrid (SPAIN) 2009 XI World Economy Meeting, Huelva (SPAIN) 2009 Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, Lisboa (PORTUGAL) 2008 Regional Studies Association (Winter Conference), London (UK) 2006 IX Applied Economics Meeting, Jaén (SPAIN) 2006 XI Spring Meeting of Young Economist, Sevilla (SPAIN) 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Business, Hawaii (USA) 2004 IX Spring Meeting of Young Economist (SMYE). Warsaw (POLAND) 2003 50th North-American Regional Science Meeting, Philadelphia (USA) 4

INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 2014 Global Workshop on Freelancing & Independent Professional Research, London (UK) 2013 Workshop on Sickness Absenteeism and Presenteeism, Trier (GERMANY) 2013 IAAEU Trier Research Colloquium, Trier (GERMANY) 2013 Department Chair of Management seminar, University of Trier, Trier (GERMANY) 2013 Workshop on Institutions and the Allocation of Entrepreneurship, Utrecht (THE NETHERLANDS) 2012 Workshop Firm Growth and Innovation, Tarragona (SPAIN) 2012 Workshop Entrepreneurship and Happiness: Exploring the Relationship between Subjective Wellbeing and New Venture Creation, Rotterdam (THE NETHERLANDS) 2011 Workshop Good Times Bad Times: Entrepreneurship and the Cycle, Valencia (SPAIN) 2011 Department of Economic Structure Seminar, Universidad de Valencia (SPAIN) 2010 Erasmus - EIM - Panteia Entrepreneurship Lectures Series, LPB nr.10, Zoetermeer (THE NETHERLANDS) 2008 II Workshop on Entrepreneurship Statistics, Huelva (SPAIN) 2008 ERIM Research Workshop on Institutions and Entrepreneurship, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (THE NETHERLANDS) 2008 EIM Business and Policy Research Seminar, Zoetermeer (THE NETHERLANDS) 2006 I Workshop on Entrepreneurship Statistics, Huelva (SPAIN) 2005 Max Planck Institute Seminar, Jena (GERMANY) 2003 Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces Seminar, Sevilla (SPAIN) EDITORIAL SERVICES Associate Editor for Lecturas de Economía (SciELO) since 2013 International Journal of Small Business Guest Editor for the Small Business Economics Special Issue INBAM 2010. Published in 2013, volume 40, issue 3. Guest Editor for the International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal Special Issue Cyclical Dimensions of Entrepreneurship (forthcoming). REFEREEING EXPERIENCE IN INTERNATIONALLY INDEXED JOURNALS Economica (JCR) International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal (JCR) International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (Scopus) International Review of Entrepreneurship (Cabells, ProQuest, Swets and EBSCO) International Small Business Journal (JCR) Journal of Business Venturing (JCR) Lecturas de Economía (SciELO) Revista de Economía Mundial (JCR) 5

Small Business Economics Journal (JCR) ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES Workshop Good Times Bad Times: Entrepreneurship and the Cycle (Nov. 2011, Valencia, SPAIN) XIV Applied Economics Meeting (June 2011, Huelva, SPAIN) II Workshop on Entrepreneurship Statistics (Nov. 2008, Huelva, SPAIN) I Workshop on Entrepreneurship Statistics (Feb. 2006, Huelva, SPAIN) RESEARCH GRANTS 2014-2015 Research grant from the Spanish National Ministry of Science and Innovation for the project: Economic crisis and welfare: health, education and the labour market. Principals: José Ignacio García Pérez and Antonio Villar Notario (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, SPAIN) 2009-2010 Research grant from the Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces for the project: The entrepreneurial promotion policy: effectiveness and distortions. Principal: María Engracia Rochina (Universidad de Valencia, SPAIN) 2007-2008 Research grant from the Andalusian Statistical Office for the project: Research and design of new tools for the new competitiveness statistical system for Andalusia. Principals: Emilio Congregado, Antonio Golpe, José Mª Millán and Concepción Román (Universidad de Huelva, SPAIN) 2007 Research grant from the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas for the project: Human Capital. Principal: Lorenzo Serrano (Universidad de Valencia, SPAIN) 2005-2006 Research grant from the Andalusian Statistical Office for the project: A new competitiveness statistical system for Andalusia. Principal: Emilio Congregado (Universidad de Huelva, SPAIN) 2005 Research grant from the Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces for the project: Entrepreneurship: supply determinants and fiscal distortions. Principal: Emilio Congregado (Universidad de Huelva, SPAIN) 2001-2002 Research grant from the Andalusian Statistical Office for the project: A estimation of household incomes per capita in the Andalusian municipalities: an application of panel data methods. Principal: Emilio Congregado (Universidad de Huelva, SPAIN) RESEARCH STAYS October 2010 February 2011 Visiting Research Fellow Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Centre for Advanced Small Business Economic (CASBEC) Departament of Applied Economics Rotterdam (THE NETHERLANDS) Supervisor: Prof. Roy Thurik 6

March 2006 June 2006 March 2005 September 2005 Visiting PhD student Universidad Carlos III Department of Economics Getafe, Madrid (SPAIN) Supervisor: Prof. Raquel Carrasco Perea Visiting PhD student Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik Group Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Jena (GERMANY) Supervisor: Prof. David Audretsch EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE June 2011 present June 2010 May 2011 March 2005 May 2010 January 2005 - March 2005 October 2004 - December 2004 October 2003 - September 2004 October 2001 - September 2003 May 2001 - June 2001 Senior Lecturer. Department of Economics, Universidad de Huelva, SPAIN Lecturer. Department of Economics, Universidad de Huelva, SPAIN Lecturer. Department of General Economics and Statistics, Universidad de Huelva, SPAIN Lecturer. Department of Economics, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, SPAIN. Lecturer. Department of Economics, Universidad de Oviedo, SPAIN. Visiting Lecturer. Department of Economics and Business, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, SPAIN. Teaching Assistant Department of Economics, Universidad de Alicante, SPAIN. Teaching Assistant. Department of General Economics and Statistics, Universidad de Huelva, SPAIN. SCHOLARSHIPS October 2010 February 2011 September 1998 - June 1999 José Castillejo Scholarship by the Spanish Ministry of Education to complete a postdoctoral research stay at the Department of Applied Economics, Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), THE NETHERLANDS. Sócrates/Erasmus Scholarship to study at the International Business School (IBS), Hanzehogeschool, University of Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS. 7