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Culture: An Empirical Investigation of Beliefs, Work and Fertility

Fernández, Raquel; Fogli, Alessandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We study the effect of culture on important economic outcomes by using the 1970 Census to examine the work and fertility behaviour of women 30-40 years old, born in the US, but whose parents were born elsewhere. We use past female labour force participation and total fertility rates from the...

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The Economic Impact of Social Ties: Evidence from German Reunification

Burchardi, Konrad B.; Hassan, Tarek - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We use the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to show that personal relationships which individuals maintain for non-economic reasons can be an important determinant of regional economic growth. We show that West German households who have social ties to East Germany in 1989 experience a persistent...

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Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants

Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that...

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Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the US

Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper addresses the question: why and where do immigrants cluster? We examine the relative importance and interaction of two alternative explanations of immigrant clustering: (1) network externalities and (2) herd behavior. We advance the theory by presenting a framework encompassing both...

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The Influence of Others on Migration Plans

Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The willingness to migrate and locational choice may be influenced by others’ choices or plans, particularly if the ‘other people’, such as family and friends, are migrants, former migrants, or potential migrants themselves. We examine the roles ‘other people’ play in influencing an...

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Communication matters – network constellations in entrepreneurship

Euler, Mark; Vollmar, Bernhard H.; Kraus, Sascha - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 3 (2011) 3, pp. 283-301

This paper investigates the role of communication within network constellations in entrepreneurship research. To become …

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Role of Strong <i>versus</i> Weak Networks in Small Business Growth in an Emerging Economy

Kozan, M. Kamil; Akdeniz, Levent - In: Administrative Sciences 4 (2014) 1, pp. 35-50

The study tests whether strong rather than weak ties account for small business growth in Turkey. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire filled out by the owners of small firms operating in four cities. Growth is comprised of two main areas, production expansion and knowledge...

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Role of strong versus weak networks in small business growth in an emerging economy

Kozan, M. Kamil; Akdeniz, Levent - In: Administrative Sciences 4 (2014) 1, pp. 35-50

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The rationality and irrationality of financing green start-ups

Bergset, Linda - In: Administrative Sciences 5 (2015) 4, pp. 260-285

Green start-ups contribute towards a transition to a more sustainable economy by developing sustainable and environmentally friendly innovation and bringing it to the market. Due to specific product/service characteristics, entrepreneurial motivation and company strategies that might differ from...

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Entrepreneurship in Equilibrium

Gromb, Denis; Scharfstein, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper compares the financing of new ventures in start-ups (entrepreneurship) and in established firms … can arise (and sometimes coexist). In a low (high) entrepreneurship equilibrium, the market for failed entrepreneurs is … (entrepreneurship). We also characterize conditions under which there can be too little or too much entrepreneurial activity in …

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