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The effect of migration on income growth and convergence: meta-analytic evidence

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2009

long-run real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precision-weighted estimate of beta convergence … is more consistent with endogenous self-reinforcing growth than with neoclassical convergence. Introducing a net … migration variable in a growth regression increases the estimate of beta convergence slightly. Studies that use panel models or …

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The persistence of regional entrepreneurship : are all types of self-employment equally important?

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015

We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship over time. Our analysis for West German regions shows relatively strong effects for the historical self- employment rate in the non-agricultural sector, particularly in...

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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture : Germany 1925 - 2005

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012

We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business formation tend to be persistent for periods as long as 80...

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Persistence of regional entrepreneurship : causes, effects, and directions for future research

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017

This paper reviews the empirical evidence of persistent levels of regional self-employment and new business formation and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship plays an important role in explaining persistence of...

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Historical roots of entrepreneurial culture and innovation activity : an analysis for German regions

Fritsch, Michael; Obschonka, Martin; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

There is a research gap with respect to understanding the role of entrepreneurial culture and tradition for actual start-up behaviour. We combine historical self-employment data (entrepreneurial tradition) with a psychological measure for entrepreneurial attitudes (entrepreneurial culture). The...

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Active Labor Market Policy in Germany - Is There a Successful Policy Strategy?

Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002

Each year Germany and many other developed economies spend tens of billions of Euros on active measures of employment promotion with the explicit aim of contributing to the reduction of unemployment. Yet, high unemployment has universally been a persistent problem throughout the last two...

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Macroeconometric evaluation of active labour market policies in Austria

Dauth, Wolfgang; Hujer, Reinhard; Wolf, Katja - 2010

This paper contributes to the literature on macroeconometric evaluation of active labour market policies (ALMP) by considering the regional effects on both the matching process and the job-seeker rate. We use an unique new data set on all Austrian job-seekers between 2001 to 2007 and apply GMM...

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On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000

Weiss, Yoram; Eckstein, Zvi - 2003

This paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise of the return to imported human capital; (ii) the impact of accumulated experience in the host country; and, (iii) the...

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Openness and Human Capital as Sources of Productivity Growth : An Empirical Investigation from the MENA Countries

Haouas, Ilham; Yagoubi, Mahmoud - 2005

This paper investigates the impact of openness to trade and higher levels of human capital on the economies of some MENA countries. To answer the question: whether either human capital or openness can be shown to cause productivity, we use panel data on 16 countries spanning the 1965 -2000...

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Sectoral Structure and Entry Regulations

Messina, Julián - 2003

The sectoral allocation of labor differs considerably across developed economies, even in the presence of similar patterns of structural change. A general equilibrium model that captures the stylized facts of structural change is presented. In this framework, economy-wide barriers to entry...

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