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Immigrants and entrepreneurship : business ownership is higher among immigrants, but promoting self-employment is unlikely to improve outcomes for less skilled immigrants
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2014
countries have established special visas and entry requirements to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Research supports some of … successful than focusing on entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420344
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Chapter 17. Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 877-911). 2015
an attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship … the most fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we … address are immigrant entrepreneurs’ contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups, and group …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025433
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Dynamic macroeconomic implications of immigration
Olovsson, Conny; Walentin, Karl; Westermark, Andreas - 2021
International immigration ows are large, volatile and have recently increased. This paper is the first to study the dynamic effects of immigration shocks on the economy within a search and matching framework. Since the microdata indicates that some of the key macroeconomic effects of immigration...
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Insights on the glass ceiling for immigrant women entrepreneurs in the technology sector
Pugalia, Sancheeta; Karaomerlioglu, Dilek Cetindamar - In: International journal of gender and entrepreneurship 14 (2022) 1, pp. 44-68
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012880710
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Skill-based immigration, economic integration, and economic performance : benefiting from highly skilled immigrants requires a complementary mix of immigrant selection and economic...
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - 2014
Studies for major immigrant-receiving countries provide evidence on the comparative economic performance of immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416488
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Do minimum wages induce immigration? : the minimum wage affects international migration flows and the internal relocation of immigrants
Giulietti, Corrado - 2015
An increase in the minimum wage in immigrant destination countries raises the earnings that low-skilled migrants could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430781
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Short-term training programs for immigrants in the German welfare system : do effects differ from natives and why?
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; Aldashev, Alisher - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-20
We evaluate the individual employment effects of four types of short-term training for immigrants and natives in the German welfare system and identify differences in the effects determined by unobservable factors. Based on comprehensive and unique administrative data, we apply propensity score...
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Chapter 10. Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions
Lewis, Ethan; Peri, Giovanni - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 625-685). 2015
and measure the local adjustments produced by the immigrant flow. Workers and firms take advantage of the opportunities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025309
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Introduction
Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. xiii-xv). 2015
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Introduction
Chiswick, Barry R. - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. xiii-xv). 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025461