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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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A New Profile of Migrants in the Aftermath of the Recent Economic Crisis

Arslan, Cansin; Dumont, Jean-Christophe; Kone, Zovanga; … - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2015

Growing international migration and diverse characteristics of migrant populations make internationally comparable high-quality data on migrants essential. Regular update of these data is crucial to capture the changes in size and composition of migrant populations. This document presents the...

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The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and Their Children in Switzerland

Liebig, Thomas; Kohls, Sebastian; Krause, Karolin - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2012

Switzerland is among the OECD countries with the largest immigrant populations – 27% of the working-age population are foreign-born – and the issue of immigration is high on both the policy agenda and in the public debate. Given the numerous debates around this issue in Switzerland, one...

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The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Austria

Krause, Karolin; Liebig, Thomas - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2011

With 17% of the working-age population in 2010 being foreign-born, Austria has one of the largest shares of working-age immigrants in the OECD. As in other European OECD countries, the migration landscape in Austria has been shaped by the recruitment of low-educated labour migrants prior to the...

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The Integration of Immigrants into the Labour Market: The Case of Sweden

Lemaître, Georges - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2007

The current situation regarding the integration of immigrants in the labour market in Sweden is the consequence of a number of factors and developments. The past fifteen years have seen a higher share of humanitarian migration in Sweden than in the past. This is a form of migration for which...

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The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Australia

Liebig, Thomas - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2007

The labour market integration of immigrants in Australia is shaped by the country’s long tradition as an immigration country and its selection policy. Over the post-war period, the main origin countries of immigration to Australia have shifted from English-speaking countries to other OECD...

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The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Denmark

Liebig, Thomas - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2007

The labour market integration of immigrants has been a key issue both in the public debate and on the government agenda in Denmark, triggered by unfavourable employment outcomes of immigrants – the gaps in employment rates of immigrants compared to the native-born are among the highest in the...

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The Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Germany

Liebig, Thomas - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2007

The current situation of the labour market integration of migrants in Germany has to be viewed in the light of its immigration history. During the post-war economic boom, until 1973, Germany focused on the recruitment of low-skilled foreign labour. Many of these “guestworker” immigrants...

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Labour Market and Socio-Economic Outcomes of the Arab-Israeli Population

Habib, Jack; King, Judith; Shoham, Assaf Ben; … - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2010

Ce rapport s’intéresse à certains des principaux facteurs à prendre en compte concernant la situation des arabes israéliens sur le marché du travail : les écarts dans le capital humain (éducation, connaissance de l'informatique, maîtrise de l’hébreu) ; le lieu de résidence, la...

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