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Entrepreneurship, economic risks, and risk insurance in the welfare state : results with OECD data 1978-93

Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Kanniainen, Vesa - 2000

shape equilibrium entrepreneurship in an occupational choice model. Differential social insurance of entrepreneurial and … labor risk is found to be statistically significant and detrimental to entrepreneurship. The crowding-out effect of public … production of private goods on entrepreneurship dominates the crowding-in effect of public production of public goods in the OECD …

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind : Migration, Entrepreneurship and Social Capital

Wahba, Jackline - 2009

The aim of this paper is to investigate whether return migrants are more likely to become entrepreneurs than non-migrants. We develop a theoretical search model that puts forward the trade off faced by returnees since overseas migration provides an opportunity for human and physical capital...

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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework

Douhan, Robin - 2009

We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...

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Is Entrepreneurial Success Predictable? An Ex-Ante Analysis of the Character-Based Approach

Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - 2021

This paper empirically analyzes whether the character-based approach, which is based on the personality structure and the human capital of business founders, allows prediction of entrepreneurial success. A unique data set is used consisting of 414 previously unemployed persons whose personal...

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Hybrid (Solo)Self-Employment and Upskilling : Is Online Platform Work a Path Towards Entrepreneurship?

Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Ranieri, Antonio - 2022

fuller entrepreneurship. We also examine if a digital proto-entrepreneurial experience is sustainable over time by analysing … of necessity, making their journey from proto- to full entrepreneurship less feasible. Our paper provides additional …

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Managing migration through conflicting policies : an option-theory perspective

Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - 2009

Recent European legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand, the trend of recent legislation points to the increasing closure of frontiers (OECD 1999, 2001,2004), trying to limit the immigrants' stock. On the other hand, there is an...

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Women's education and family behavior : trends in marriage, divorce and fertility

Isen, Adam; Stevenson, Betsey - 2010

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed....

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A policy agenda for diversity and minority integration

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010

The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and economic challenge. Based on evidence presented in Kahanec and Zimmermann (2011), this policy paper proposes an agenda for diversity and minority integration in the European labor...

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Pure ethnic gaps in educational attainment and school to work transitions : when do they arise?

Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart - 2013

This article decomposes the observed gaps in educational attainment and school-to-work transitions between grandchildren of natives and immigrants in Belgium into (i) differences in observed family endowments and (ii) a residual "pure ethnic gap". It innovates by explicitly taking delays in...

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Costs and benefits of labour mobility between the EU and the eastern partnership countries : country study on Germany

Biavaschi, Costanza; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

Despite the ongoing dialogue on facilitating mobility between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, very little is known about the magnitude and characteristics of migrants from these countries. This study aims to fill this gap by studying the size and assimilation...

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