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Migration, Risk Attitudes, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
Do more risk loving migrants opt for self-employment? This is a question especially relevant for policy makers … entrepreneurship in migrant communities. Using a representative household survey of the migrant population in the Greater Dublin Area …, we find a significant negative relationship between risk aversion and entrepreneurship. In addition, our results show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839545
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Migration, Risk Attitudes, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2014
Do more risk loving migrants opt for self-employment? This is a question especially relevant for policy makers … entrepreneurship in migrant communities. Using a representative household survey of the migrant population in the Greater Dublin Area …, we find a significant negative relationship between risk aversion and entrepreneurship. In addition, our results show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744648
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Immigration: The European Experience
dustmann, christian; Frattini, Tommaso - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
This paper starts with a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide a comprehensive analysis of the skill structures of immigrants and their labor market integration in the different European countries, their position in the wage distribution, and the situation of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391405
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Ethnicity and Second Generation Immigrants in Britain
dustmann, christian; Frattini, Tommaso; Theodoropoulos, … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010
This paper reviews the labour market performance and educational attainment of ethnic minorities and second generation immigrants in the UK over the last three decades. We first describe the size and composition of the minority population and its regional distribution over time, and investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317941
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Heterogeneous Firms and Imperfect Substitution: The Productivity Effect of Migrants
Haas, Anette; Lucht, Michael - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
To examine the impact of migrants on the average firm productivity, wages and welfare we construct a general … levels and imperfect substitutability between migrants and natives. This gives rise to wage differences between natives and … migrants. As a consequence firms with a higher share of migrants realize wage cost advantages. The heterogeneous distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693432
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Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance? Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2014
Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744649
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Immigration: The European Experience
dustmann, christian; Frattini, Tommaso - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2011
This paper starts with a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide a comprehensive analysis of the skill structures of immigrants and their labor market integration in the different European countries, their position in the wage distribution, and the situation of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421742
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What Determines Attitudes to Immigration in European Countries? An Analysis at the Regional Level
Longhi, Simonetta; Markaki, Yvonni - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
Different disciplines within the social sciences have produced large theoretical and empirical literatures to explain the determinants of anti-immigration attitudes. We bring together these literatures in a unified framework and identify testable hypothesis on what characteristics of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593114
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Who leaves and who stays? Outmigration of Estonian immigrants from Finland and its impact on economic assimilation of Estonian immigrants in Finland
Kangasniemi, Mari; Kauhanen, Merja - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
This paper investigates outmigration of Estonian immigrants from Finland and their economic assimilation. We use a register-based panel data set on new Estonian immigrants from years 2000-2006 to analyse the determinants of outmigration in a duration model framework and to examine the economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603837
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Is institutional trust related to the attitudes towards immigrants in Europe? A study of majority and minority population
PAAS, TIIU; Halapuu, Vivika; Tammaru, Tiit - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
The paper examines the factors that are related to attitudes towards immigrants in Europe, with a particular focus on the role of institutional trust in shaping these attitudes. We go one step further compared to previous studies by investigating separately two different groups of people —...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010640650