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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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Nunavik, Arctic Quebec: where cooperatives supplement entrepreneurship

Dana, Leo Paul - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 42-71

Prior to contact with Europeans, Ungava Inuit who inhabited the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula was self-sufficient, with a subsistence economy and inter-cultural trade. They lived in small bands, each consisting of a few families, and they fished, gathered, hunted, and migrated as required....

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Self-Employment in the Developing World

Gindling, T.H.; Newhouse, David - In: World Development 56 (2014) C, pp. 313-331

This paper analyzes heterogeneity among the self-employed in 74 developing countries, representing two-thirds of the population of the developing world. After profiling how worker characteristics vary by employment status, it classifies self-employed workers outside agriculture as...

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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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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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Is There a Disability Gap in Employment Rates in Developing Countries?

Mizunoya, Suguru; Mitra, Sophie - In: World Development 42 (2013) C, pp. 28-43

This paper examines differences in employment rates between persons with and without disabilities in 15 developing countries using the World Health Survey (WHS). We find that people with disabilities have lower employment rates than persons without disabilities in nine countries. Across...

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Food Security, Gender, and Occupational Choice among Urban Low-Income Households

Floro, Maria Sagrario; Bali Swain, Ranjula - In: World Development 42 (2013) C, pp. 89-99

This paper examines an adaptive strategy using occupational choice that can be undertaken by household members in urban poor areas to help ensure their access to food. Our investigation focuses on self-employed women and men in 14 predominantly slum communities in Bolivia, Ecuador, Philippines,...

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Women’s Entry into Self-employment in Urban China: The Role of Family in Creating Gendered Mobility Patterns

Zhang, Qian Forrest; Pan, Zi - In: World Development 40 (2012) 6, pp. 1201-1212

How did family characteristics affect women and men differently in self-employment participation in urban China? Analyses of national data show dual marriage penalties for women. Marketization made married women more vulnerable to lay-offs from state-sector jobs; their likelihood of being pushed...

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Entrepreneurship and the Allocation of Government Spending Under Imperfect Markets

Islam, Asif - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 108-121

Previous studies have established a negative relationship between total government spending and entrepreneurship … activity. However, the relationship between the composition of government spending and entrepreneurship has been woefully under … individual-level entrepreneurship data we find a positive relationship between increasing the share of social and public goods at …

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