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(Why) Do Self-Employed Parents Have More Children?

Broussard, Nzinga; Chami, Ralph; Hess, Gregory - CESifo - 2003

instrumental variables estimation to allow for the possibility of endogeneity of the respondent’s self-employment status and …

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Immigration and Entrepreneurship

Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - CESifo - 2015

Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not...

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Great Expectations: The Determinants of Female University Enrolment in Europe

Casarico, Alessandra; Profeta, Paola; Pronzato, Chiara - CESifo - 2011

We empirically investigate the determinants of the female decision of investing in post-secondary education, focusing on the role played by the context where young women take their education decision. We first develop a stylized two-period model to analyze the female decision of investing in...

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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

-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 business ownership rates increased significantly after program initiation, with … the black-white gap falling three percentage points. The evidence that the racial gap in employment also fell is less …

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Behind the GATE Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training

Fairlie, Robert W.; Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan - CESifo - 2014

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate testable predictions regarding heterogeneous treatment effects from such programs. Using a large randomized evaluation in the United States, we find no strong or lasting effects on...

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Entrepreneurship, Economic Conditions, and the Great Recession

Fairlie, Robert W. - CESifo - 2013

The “Great Recession” resulted in many business closings and foreclosures, but what effect did it have on business formation? On the one hand, recessions decrease potential business income and wealth, but on the other hand they restrict opportunities in the wage/salary sector leaving the net...

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Liquidity Constraints, Household Wealth, and Entrepreneurship Revisited

Fairlie, Robert W.; Krashinsky, Harry A. - CESifo - 2012

study whether changes in housing prices affect self-employment entry. …

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Being Independent is a Great Thing: Subjective Evaluations of Self-Employment and Hierarchy

Frey, Bruno S.; Benz, Matthias - CESifo - 2003

an intrinsic value to the institutional difference between independence and hierarchy. Taking self-employment as an …

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Tax Evasion and Self-Employment in a High-Tax Country: Evidence from Sweden

Engström, Per; Holmlund, Bertil - CESifo - 2006

Self-employed individuals have arguably greater opportunities than wage earners to underreport their incomes. The incentives for underreporting should be especially strong in an economy with generally high taxes. This paper uses recent income and expenditure data to examine the extent of...

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Marginal Tax Rates and Tax-Favoured Pension Savings of the Self-Employed - Evidence from Sweden

Selin, Håkan - CESifo - 2010

In recent years, the study of how individuals respond to policies that aim at promoting pension savings has emerged as a vital area of economic research. This paper adds to this literature by estimating the tax price elasticity of contributions to tax-favoured pension savings accounts on a...

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