Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 4,610
Cover Image
Immigrant versus Native Businesswomen : Proclivity and Performance
Constant, Amelie F. - 2004
Career positions in German economic life are still male-dominated, and the driving forces behind success are not yet well understood. This paper contributes to a better understanding by classifying success stories in self-employment and business careers, and by investigating differences between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272295
Cover Image
Are immigrants particularly entrepreneurial? : policy lessons from a selective immigration system
Green, David A.; Liu, Huju; Ostrovsky, Yuri; Picot, Garnett - 2023
Firm ownership is a dening feature of immigrant adaptation: 41% of immigrants own a firm at some point in their first … 10 years post-arrival. We use Canadian data linking immigrant arrival records with individual and firm tax data to … examine the process of entering firm ownership for immigrants. Higher immigrant firm ownership rates are mainly due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014388854
Cover Image
Which immigrants are most innovative and entrepreneurial? : distinctions by entry visa
Hunt, Jennifer - 2010
permanent residence do not outperform natives for any of the outcomes considered. -- Immigration ; innovation ; entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003939208
Cover Image
Why Go to France or Germany, if You Could as Well Go to the UK or the US? Selective Features of Immigration to Four Major OECD Countries
Geis, Wido - 2008
Building on a new data set which is combined from national micro-data bases, we highlight differences in the structure of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all immigrants to the OECD world. Looking at immigrants by source...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012769704
Cover Image
Self-employment as a stepping stone to better labour market matching : a comparison between immigrants and natives
Ulceluse, Magdalena M. - 2018
The paper investigates whether self-employment represents a way to reduce overeducation and improve labour market matching, in a comparative analysis between immigrants and natives. Using the EU Labour Force Survey for the year 2012, and controlling for a list of demographic characteristics and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131220
Cover Image
Do Enclaves Matter in Immigrants' Self-Employment Decision?
Toussaint-Comeau, Maude - 2006
This paper uses 2000 U.S. Census data to study the determinants of self-employment decisions among immigrants. It outlines a theoretical framework for analyzing the role of ethnic enclaves in the self-employment decision of immigrants that captures nuances involved in the interaction between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012734892
Cover Image
Which Immigrants are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa
Hunt, Jennifer - 2010
Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147863
Cover Image
The firm size distribution across countries and skill-biased change in entrepreneurial technology
Poschke, Markus - 2014
: the entrepreneurship rate and the fraction of small firms fall with per capita income across countries, while average firm …'s potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms consistently benefit more from technological progress than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250019
Cover Image
Estimating the Impact of Immigration on Wages in Ireland
Barrett, Alan; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish - 2009
cells are based on education/experience, our results suggest a negative relationship between native wages and immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003882049
Cover Image
Estimating the impact of immigration on wages in Ireland
Barrett, Alan; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish - 2009
cells are based on education/experience, our results suggest a negative relationship between native wages and immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902434