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Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015
attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are … immigrant entrepreneurs' contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023916
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The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment
Chatterji, Aaron K.; Chay, Kenneth Y.; Fairlie, Robert W. - CESifo - 2013
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010636597
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Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - CESifo - 2015
attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are … immigrant entrepreneurs’ contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257678
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The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment
Chatterji, Aaron - 2014
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064145
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Ethnic Diversity and Team Performance: A Field Experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander; van Praag, Mirjam - 2012
One of the most salient and relevant dimensions of team heterogeneity is ethnicity. We measure the causal impact of ethnic diversity on the performance of business teams using a randomized field experiment. We follow 550 students who set up 45 real companies as part of their curriculum in an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326395
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Ethnic Diversity and Team Performance: A Field Experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
One of the most salient and relevant dimensions of team heterogeneity is ethnicity. We measure the impact of ethnic diversity on the performance of business teams using a field experiment. We follow 550 students who set up 45 real companies as part of their curriculum in an international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256204
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Indian Entrepreneurial Success in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom
Fairlie, Robert W.; Krashinsky, Harry A.; … - CESifo - 2013
Indian immigrants in the United States and other wealthy countries are successful in entrepreneurship. Using Census …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721607
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The Importance of Being in Control of Business: Work Satisfaction of Employers, Own-account Workers and Employees
Hessels, Jolanda; Millán, José María; Román, Concepción - 2015
Self-employed workers can be own-account workers who control their own work or employers who not only are their own boss but also direct others (their employees). We expect both types of self-employed, i.e., own-account workers and employers, to enjoy more independence in determining their work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288393
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The Pleasures and Pains of Self-Employment: A Panel Data Analysis of Satisfaction with Life, Work, and Leisure
van der Zwan, Peter; Hessels, Jolanda; Rietveld, … - 2015
We investigate how a transition from paid employment to self-employment in the labor market influences life satisfaction. Furthermore, we consider the dynamics of work and leisure satisfaction because the balance between work and leisure is an important element of life satisfaction....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403548
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Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance
van der Sluis, Justin; van Praag, Mirjam; Vijverberg, Wim - 2003
This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and … entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324769