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Does Growing Up in a High Crime Neighborhood Affect Youth Criminal Behavior?

Damm, Anna Piil; Dustmann, Christian - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 6, pp. 1806-32

This paper investigates the effect of early exposure to neighborhood crime on subsequent criminal behavior of youth exploiting a unique natural experiment between 1986 and 1998 when refugee immigrants to Denmark were assigned to neighborhoods quasi-randomly. We find strong evidence that the...

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Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the UK

Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper uses two recent UK surveys to investigate labour market performance, the determinants of language proficiency, and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non-white immigrants. Our results show that language acquisition, employment probabilities, as well as...

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Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration

Dustmann, Christian; Preston, Ian - In: Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy 7 (2007) 1, pp. 1655-1655

In this paper we distinguish between three channels that determine attitudes to further immigration: labour market concerns, welfare concerns, and racial or cultural concerns. Our analysis is based on the British Social Attitudes Survey. A unique feature of the survey is that it includes...

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Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration

Dustmann, Christian; Preston, Ian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

Hostility towards minorities may sometimes have economic rather than racial motives. Labour market fears, or concerns about the welfare system, are often believed to manifest themselves in hostile attitudes towards population groups that are considered to be competitors for these resources. The...

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Attitudes to Ethnic Minorities, Ethnic Context and Location Decisions

Dustmann, Christian; Preston, Ian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

The attitudes of ethnic majority populations towards other communities is a potentially important determinant of social exclusion and of the welfare of ethnic minorities. The suggestion that negative attitudes towards minorities may be affected by the ethnic composition of the locality in which...

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Entrepreneurship, innovation, and human flourishing

Henrekson, Magnus - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 3, pp. 511-528

(Phelps <CitationRef CitationID="CR67">2013</CitationRef>) as inspiration to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship. The book … achieved through a purposeless quest for wealth and material consumption, but rather through adventure, entrepreneurship, and … entrepreneurship are not merely the keys to economic growth, but to life satisfaction as well. This essay discusses topics in …

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Entrepreneurship and the theory of taxation

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - In: Small Business Economics 37 (2011) 2, pp. 167-185

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Israel M. Kirzner: An Outstanding Austrian Contributor to the Economics of Entrepreneurship

Douhan, Robin; Eliasson, Gunnar; Henrekson, Magnus - In: Small Business Economics 29 (2007) 1, pp. 213-223

Israel M. Kirzner is the 2006 winner of The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research. In … this essay, we present and evaluate his main contributions to the economics of entrepreneurship. The focus is on how … crucial role of entrepreneurship and the individual entrepreneur has become visible to a much broader audience. Copyright …

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Taxation, Labor Market Policy and High-Impact Entrepreneurship

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael - In: Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 10 (2010) 3, pp. 275-296

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Gazelles as job creators: a survey and interpretation of the evidence

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - In: Small Business Economics 35 (2010) 2, pp. 227-244

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