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Immigrants and entrepreneurship
Lofstrom, Magnus - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
successful than focusing on entrepreneurship. …
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Ethnic minority self-employment
Clark, Ken - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
groups, it is important to understand the factors that underlie the nature and extent of ethnic entrepreneurship to evaluate …
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Immigrants and entrepreneurship
Lofstrom, Magnus; Wang, Chunbei - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
successful than focusing on entrepreneurship. …
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Corporate income taxes and entrepreneurship
Block, Jörn - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Corporate income taxation influences the quantity and type of entrepreneurship, which in turn affects economic … development. Empirical evidence shows that higher corporate income tax rates reduce business density and entrepreneurship entry … rates and increase the capital size of new firms. The progressivity of tax rates increases entrepreneurship entry rates …
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What can be expected from productive inclusion programs?
Rigolini, Jamele - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Productive inclusion programs provide an integrated package of services, such as grants and training, to promote self-employment and wage employment among the poor. They show promising long-term impacts, and are often proposed as a way to graduate the poor out of social assistance. Nevertheless,...
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Corporate income taxes and entrepreneurship
Block, Jörn - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)
Corporate income taxation influences the quantity and type of entrepreneurship, which in turn affects economic … development. Empirical evidence shows that higher corporate income tax rates reduce business density and entrepreneurship entry … rates and increase the capital size of new firms. The progressivity of tax rates increases entrepreneurship entry rates …
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Legalizing undocumented immigrants
Bansak, Cynthia - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Addressing unauthorized immigration is controversial. Countries have adopted a variety of legalization programs, ranging from temporary visa programs to naturalization. Research in the US focused on past amnesty programs finds improved labor market outcomes for newly legalized immigrants....
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Integrating refugees into labor markets
Bevelander, Pieter - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
For the first time since the Second World War, the total number of refugees amounts to more than 50 million people. Only a minority of these refugees seek asylum, and even fewer resettle in developed countries. At the same time, politicians, the media, and the public are worried about a lack of...
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Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration
Schüller, Simone - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Immigrants are typically not evenly distributed within host countries; instead they tend to cluster in particular neighborhoods. But does clustering in ethnic enclaves help explain the persistent differences in employment rates and earnings between immigrants and the native population? Empirical...
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Crime and immigration
Bell, Brian - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that...
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