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Asset ownership of recent immigrants: An examination of nativity and socioeconomic factors

Chatterjee, Swarn; Kim, Jinhee - In: Migration Letters 8 (2011) 2, pp. 141-152

This study uses a nationally representative sample of newly legalized immi-grants to the United States to investigate factors related to their financial and non-financial asset ownership. Our analysis examines the ownership of financial assets, homes, and businesses in association with human...

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The More Business Owners the Merrier? The Role of Tertiary Education

Praag, Mirjam van; Stel, Andre van - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

Policy in developed countries is often based on the assumption that higher business ownership rates induce economic … existence of an 'optimal' business ownership rate would thus replace the dictum of 'the more business owners, the merrier'. We … countries over the period 1981-2006, we find indeed robust evidence of an optimal business ownership rate (at around 12.5%, on …

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Work-life balance in home-based business : a UK study

Kapasi, Isla; Galloway, Laura - In: The international journal of entrepreneurship and innovation 16 (2015) 1, pp. 33-42

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Entry and exit dynamics of nascent business owners

Rocha, Vera; Carneiro, Anabela; Varum, Celeste Amorim - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 45 (2015) 1, pp. 63-84

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Capturing statistically the "intermediate zone" between the employee and employer firm owner

Cieślik, Jerzy - In: International review of entrepreneurship : IRE 13 (2015) 3, pp. 205-214

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Entry and exit dynamics of nascent business owners

Rocha, Vera; Carneiro, Anabela; Varum, Celeste - In: Small Business Economics 45 (2015) 1, pp. 63-84

This paper reports a comprehensive study on the dynamics of nascent business owners using a unique longitudinal matched employer–employee dataset. We follow over 157,000 individuals who leave paid employment and become business owners during the period 1992–2007. The contributions of this...

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Immigrant self-employment: does intermarriage matter?

Georgarakos, Dimitris; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2009

This paper investigates the effect of a native spouse on the transitions into and out of entrepreneurship of male immigrants in the U.S. We find that those married to a native are less likely to start up a business compared to those married to an immigrant. This finding is robust when the...

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Immigrant Self-Employment: Does Intermarriage Matter?

Georgarakos, Dimitris; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

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The Contribution of Business Ownership in Bringing Down Unemployment in Japan

van Stel, André; Baljeu, Lendert; Thurik, Roy; … - 2008

The relationship between entrepreneurship, measured by fluctuations in the business ownership rate, and unemployment in …

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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan

Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership …

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