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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance and Self-Employment Proclivity: A Bi-National Study of Immigrants
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success. Particular attention is paid to the role of legal status at entry in the …
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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: a survey of the literature for receiving countries
Nathan, Max - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014) 1, pp. 1-20
G23; G24; J15; J61; L5; L26; M12; M13; O31; O32; R11 </AbstractSection> Copyright Nathan; licensee Springer. 2014
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Entrepreneurial finance, credit cards, and race
Chatterji, Aaron K.; Seamans, Robert C. - In: Journal of Financial Economics 106 (2012) 1, pp. 182-195
This paper examines the impact of financial deregulation on entrepreneurship. We assess the impact of credit card …
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Religious diversity and entrepreneurship in transition: lessons for policymakers
Nikolova, Elena; Simroth, Dora - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 1, pp. 1-21
Using the 2010 Life in Transition Survey, we show that localities with higher religious diversity have more respondents who have tried to set up a business. Although religious diversity also correlates with a higher start-up probability (following trial), this effect is driven by access to...
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How much of a socialist legacy? The re-emergence of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation to a market economy
Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Sorgner, Alina; … - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 2, pp. 427-446
—relates to the re-emergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany. This region is particularly well suited for such a study because … period, suggesting the existence of a long-lasting regional entrepreneurship culture that can be regarded as an informal …
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Determinants of self-employment survival in Europe
Millán, José; Congregado, Emilio; Román, Concepción - In: Small Business Economics 38 (2012) 2, pp. 231-258
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Determinants of job satisfaction: a European comparison of self-employed and paid employees
Millán, José; Hessels, Jolanda; Thurik, Roy; Aguado, … - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 3, pp. 651-670
The job satisfaction of self-employed and paid-employed workers is analyzed using the European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 covering the years 1994–2001. We distinguish between two types of job satisfaction: job satisfaction in terms of type of work and job satisfaction in terms of...
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Analyzing the determinants of entrepreneurship in European cities
García, Andrés Barreneche - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 1, pp. 77-98
This study investigated the determinants of business creation as a measure of entrepreneurship in European cities. It … examined supply- and demand-side elements, actual and equilibrium rates of entrepreneurship, institutions and culture. These … European Commission’s Small Business Act, which provides guidelines for the conception and implementation of entrepreneurship …
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Does self-employment increase the economic well-being of low-skilled workers?
Lofstrom, Magnus - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 4, pp. 933-952
Low-skilled workers do not fare well in today’s skill intensive economy and their opportunities continue to diminish. Utilizing data from the survey of income and program participation, this paper provides an analysis of the economic returns to business ownership among low-skilled workers and...
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The higher returns to formal education for entrepreneurs versus employees
Praag, Mirjam; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, Justin … - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 2, pp. 375-396
employees. We refer to this as the entrepreneurship returns puzzle. We run post hoc analyses to explore a number of potential …
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