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Boosting the Development of Efficient SMEs in the Netherlands

Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Kastaneer, Jochebed - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Entrepreneurship is an important driver of economic growth, job creation and competitiveness. However, the small and … entrepreneurship, there is scope to further reduce administrative burdens. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey …

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The Determinants of Self-Employment Growth

Goetz, Stephan J.; Rupasingha, Anil - In: Economic Development Quarterly 28 (2014) 1, pp. 42-60

, underscoring the importance of a culture favoring entrepreneurship and path dependence. Self-employment earnings and educational …

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Employment Risk, Returns, and Entrepreneurship

Low, Sarah A.; Weiler, Stephan - In: Economic Development Quarterly 26 (2012) 3, pp. 238-251

Comparing local employment portfolios against entrepreneurship, this research finds that local wage and salary job … market prospects shape incentives for potential entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship may thus be more attractive in areas … revealing tests of the interrelationship between local employment portfolios and the choice to pursue entrepreneurship. The …

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Improving the Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Belgium

Pina, Álvaro; Corluy, Vincent; Verbist, Gerlinde - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages,...

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Overcoming Skills Shortages in Canada

Carey, David - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Skills shortages have developed in certain fields and regions in recent years. Earnings premiums for people in some professions, notably health, engineering and skilled trades have increased. And vacancy rates have risen for skilled trades, with the increase being particularly large in Alberta...

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Implementing Anti-discrimination Policies in Statistical Profiling Models

Pope, Devin G.; Sydnor, Justin R. - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 3 (2011) 3, pp. 206-31

How should statistical models used for assigning prices or eligibility be implemented when there is concern about discrimination? In many settings, factors such as race, gender, and age are prohibited. However, the use of variables that correlate with these omitted characteristics (e.g., zip...

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Why Do Skilled Immigrants Struggle in the Labor Market? A Field Experiment with Thirteen Thousand Resumes

Oreopoulos, Philip - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 3 (2011) 4, pp. 148-71

Thousands of randomly manipulated resumes were sent in response to online job postings in Toronto to investigate why immigrants, allowed in based on skill, struggle in the labor market. The study finds substantial discrimination across a variety of occupations towards applicants with foreign...

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Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation

Watson, Tara - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 6 (2014) 3, pp. 313-38

"Chilling effects" are a popular explanation for low program take-up rates among immigrants, but the effects of an icy policy climate are inherently hard to measure. This paper finds robust evidence that heightened federal immigration enforcement reduces Medicaid participation among children of...

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Migration and Integration of Immigrants in Denmark

Roseveare, Deborah; Jorgensen, Martin - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004

Immigration could offer one way for Denmark to expand its labour supply, thereby lowering the dependency ratio, at least for some time, and easing the task of ensuring fiscal sustainability. However, these beneficial effects are obtained only if immigrants are in work. Yet a significant...

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Local Responses to Federal Grants: Evidence from the Introduction of Title I in the South

Cascio, Elizabeth U.; Gordon, Nora; Reber, Sarah - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 5 (2013) 3, pp. 126-59

We analyze the effects of the introduction of Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a large federal grants program designed to increase poor students' educational services and achievement. We focus on the South, the poorest region of the country. Title I increased school...

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