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Is the labor market vulnerability of less-educated men really about job competition? New insights from the United States

Gesthuizen, Maurice; Solga, Heike - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 47 (2014) 3, pp. 205-221

There are various reasons why less-educated men have higher risks of labor market vulnerability - risks such as being unemployed or, if employed, having only low socioeconomic status. The commonly used argument is that these higher risks result from increased job competition caused by an...

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Entrepreneurship, firms creation and regional performance

Rico Belda, Paz; Cabrer-Borrás, Bernardí - In: European Journal of Management and Business Economics … 28 (2019) 2, pp. 158-173

explained by business dynamics, innovation, human capital and the level of entrepreneurship in each region. Findings The results …. In addition, the stock of human capital and the promotion of innovation act as catalysts for the productive efficiency of … businesses must also be oriented towards sectors that promote technological innovation and with the objective to reach an …

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Causal recipes for turning fin-tech freelancers into smart entrepreneurs

Damian, Daniela; Manea, Ciprian - In: Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (JIK) 4 (2019) 3, pp. 196-201

-tech solutions, online reputation, innovation, capabilities and interest to apply for funding affect the desired outcome: turning … entrepreneurs is proposed, which encompasses the antecedent conditions of personal experience, reputation, innovation and commitment …

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Immigrants and gender roles: Assimilation vs. culture

Blau, Francine - In: IZA Journal of Migration 4 (2015), pp. 1-21

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women's behavior in the United States-looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply...

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Are nonprofit entrepreneurs also Jacks-of-all-trades?

Cho, Insoo - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-15

We investigate whether nonprofit and for-profit entrepreneurs share similar observable and unobservable skills. In JLE 23:649-680, 2005 "Jacks-of-all-Trades" model of entrepreneurship, individuals with more diverse academic and occupational training are more likely to become entrepreneurs, while...

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Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur? The impacts of skills developed before, during and after college on firm start-ups

Orazem, Peter F.; Jolly, Robert; Yu, Li - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 4 (2015), pp. 1-27

By allowing agents to switch from entrepreneurship to wage work and vice versa over the life cycle, this study proposes a dynamic Jacks-of-All-Trades (JAT) model where entrepreneurs invest in highly varied skills to manage their business. We simultaneously endogenize human capital investment and...

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Occupational choice, number of entrepreneurs and output: Theory and empirical evidence with Spanish data

Salas-Fumás, Vicente; Sanchez-Asin, J. Javier; Storey, … - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 5 (2014) 1, pp. 1-24

This paper extends the (Lucas, Bell J Econ 9:508-523,1978) model of occupational choices by individuals with different skills, beyond the simple options of self-employment or wage-employment, by including a second choice for the self-employed. That is, an option to hire employees and so become...

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Good workers for good jobs: Improving education and workforce systems in the US

Holzer, Harry J. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-19

Stagnant earnings and growing inequality in the US labor market reflect both a slowdown in the growth of worker skills and the growing matching of good-paying jobs to skilled workers. Improving the ties between colleges, workforce institutions, and employers would help more workers gain the...

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Immigration and Job Disamenities

Giuntella, Osea - In: CESifo DICE Report 12 (2014) 2, pp. 20-26

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Integrating Refugees into the Labor Market – a Comparison of Europe and the United States

Poutvaara, Panu; Wech, Daniela - In: CESifo DICE Report 14 (2016) 4, pp. 32-43

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