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Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity?Evidence from U.S. States
Autor, David H.; Kerr, William R.; Kugler, Adriana D. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distortingproduction choices. Firms facing (non-Coasean) worker dismissal costs will curtail hiringbelow efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which should affectproductivity. These theoretical...
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Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - CESifo - 2015
attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … 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 differences in …
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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US? Selective Features of Immigration to four major OECD Countries
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - CESifo - 2008
Building on a new data set which is combined from national micro-data bases, we highlight differences in the structure of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all immigrants to the OECD world. Looking at immigrants by source...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406154
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How do Migrants Choose their Destination Country? An Analysis of Institutional Determinants
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - CESifo - 2008
For a long time, migration has been subject to intensive economic research. Nevertheless, empirical evidence regarding the determinants of migration still appears to be incomplete. In this paper, we analyze the effects of socio-economic and institutional determinants, especially labor-market...
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The Persistence of Self-Employment Across Borders:New Evidence on Legal Immigrants to the United States
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Jaeger, David A.; Tatsiramos, … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Using recently-available data from the New Immigrant Survey, we find that previous selfemploymentexperience in an immigrant´s country of origin is an important determinant oftheir self-employment status in the U.S., increasing the probability of being self-employed byabout 7 percent...
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What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship?A Review of Recent Research
Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
that entrepreneurship has important economic value.Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862087
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Immigration Policy and Entrepreneurship
Mahuteau, Stéphane; Piracha, Matloob; Tani, Massimilano; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia’s immigration policy, introduced inthe mid-1990s, on migrants’ probability of becoming entrepreneurs. The policy changeconsists of stricter entry requirements and restrictions to welfare entitlements. The resultsindicate that those who...
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Promoting women.s economic empowerment through productive employment and social protection
Otobe, Naoko - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014
The paper attempts to examine the extent to which the ILO-supported projects have contributed to women.s economic empowerment and well-being i.e., from a gender perspective. The paper provides the ILO.s perspectives on gender dimensions of employment prom
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The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment
Chatterji, Aaron K.; Chay, Kenneth Y.; Fairlie, Robert W. - CESifo - 2013
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...
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Entrepreneurship and violent conflict in developing countries
Bruck, Tilman; Naude, Wim; Verwimp, Philip - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
entrepreneurship. These are the special issue of the Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (2011) and the special issue of the …
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