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Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial: Distinctions by Entry Visa
Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...
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Entrepreneurship: Origins and Returns
Berglann, Helge; Moen, Espen R; Roed, Knut; Skogstrøm, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We examine the origins and outcome of entrepreneurship on the basis of exceptionally comprehensive Norwegian matched … worker-firm-owner data. In contrast to most existing studies, our notion of entrepreneurship not only comprises self …-employment, but also employment in partly self-owned limited liability firms. Based on this extended entrepreneurship concept, we find …
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Postmaterialism Influencing Total Entrepreneurial Activity across Nations
Uhlaner, L.M.; Thurik, A.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2006
distinction is made between nascent entrepreneurship, new business formation and a combination of the two, referred to as total … entrepreneurial activity, as defined within the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The model is also tested for the rate of …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114141
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Israel: The Start-Up Nation, and its Threat from Within
Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Three main vantage points are brought together in this paper: (1) Israel’s relatively good economic performance in recent years – at least, in comparison with other Western countries that have still not emerged from the recession; (2) motivations for the wave of social protests that erupted...
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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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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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Serial Entrepreneurs and the Macroeconomy
Karmakar, Sudipto; Sedlacek, Petr; Félix, Sónia - 2021
There are enormous differences across firms and their impact on the macroeconomy. Using unique administrative data from Portugal, enabling us to link companies to their owners, we show that firms owned by serial entrepreneurs (owners of multiple businesses) enjoy a "premium" along many...
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