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The Effect of Location on Finding a Job in the Paris Region

Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry; Selod, Harris - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

exhaustive dataset of all unemployment spells starting in the first semester of 1996. This model allows us to recover a survival … the survival rates relate to observed individual variables. Nearly 70% of the remaining disparities are captured by local …

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Fixed-Term Contracts and the Duration Distribution of Unemployment

Güell, Maia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

In the mid-1980s, many European countries introduced fixed-term contracts. Since then their labour markets have become more dynamic. This Paper studies the implications of such reforms for the duration distribution of unemployment, with particular emphasis on the changes in the duration...

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Blessing or Curse? Domestic Plants' Survival and Employment Prospects After Foreign Acquisition

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

, positive or negative, on the survival prospects and employment growth of that plant. The empirical analysis uses data from the … that the incidence of take-over reduces employment growth, in particular for unskilled labour. Both survival and employment …

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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...

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Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle: Migrants vs Natives

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Economically active people are either in gainful employment, are unemployed or self-employed. We are interested in the dynamics of the transitions between these states across the business cycle. It is generally perceived that employment or self-employment are absorbing states. However,...

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Wealth Distribution and Self-Employment in a Developing Economy

Mesnard, Alice; Ravallion, Martin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

The extent of entrepreneurial activity in an economy with poorly developed capital markets depends on the distribution of wealth, though in potentially complex ways. A non-parametric model of the wealth effect on self-employment is estimated using micro data on the occupational choices of return...

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Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment?

Audretsch, David B; Carree, Martin A; Thurik, A R Roy; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, high unemployment rates may lead to start-up activity of self-employed individuals (the 'refugee' effect). On the other hand, higher rates of self employment may indicate increased...

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What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does it Pay? Native Men, Turks and Other Migrants in Germany

Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition; self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs in the...

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Do Services Differ From Manufacturing? The Post-Entry Performance of Firms in Dutch Services

Audretsch, David B; Klomp, Luuk; Thurik, A R Roy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

firm growth, survival, size and age. While these studies have resulted in findings that are sufficiently consistent as to … relationships between firm age and size on the one hand, and survival and growth on the other may, in fact, not be the same in … services. The results suggest that the most fundamental relationships between firm size, age, survival and growth are …

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A Quantative Analysis of Swedish Fertility Dynamics: 1751-1990

Eckstein, Zvi; Mira, Pedro Solbes; Wolpin, Kenneth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

adult survival rates. In addition, we find that a model that is estimated using only pre-transition data would actually …

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