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Consequences of a Massive Refugee Influx on Firm Performance and Market Structure
Akgunduz, Yusuf Emre; Bagir, Yusuf Kenan; Cilasun, … - 2022
mass migration of Syrian refugees to Turkey to identify the effect of migrants on firm performance and market structure. We … evidence for an effect of migrants' skills and networks on exports, as the export value and variety of products to the MENA …
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On Immigration and Native Entrepreneurship
Duleep, Harriet; Jaeger, David A.; McHenry, Peter - 2021
We present a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by being willing and able to … observationally equivalent natives. Areas with large numbers of immigrants may therefore lead to more entrepreneurship and innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532783
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Migration, Risk Attitudes, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - 2013
Do more risk loving migrants opt for self-employment? This is a question especially relevant for policy makers … entrepreneurship in migrant communities. Using a representative household survey of the migrant population in the Greater Dublin Area …, we find a significant negative relationship between risk aversion and entrepreneurship. In addition, our results show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532802
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Migration, Risk Attitudes, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
Do more risk loving migrants opt for self-employment? This is a question especially relevant for policy makers … entrepreneurship in migrant communities. Using a representative household survey of the migrant population in the Greater Dublin Area …, we find a significant negative relationship between risk aversion and entrepreneurship. In addition, our results show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839545
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Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance? Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - 2014
Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532676
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The Role of Labor Market Institutions in the Impact of Immigration on Wages and Employment
Foged, Mette; Hasager, Linea; Yasenov, Vasil - 2021
We study the role of institutions in affecting the labor market impacts of immigration using a cross-country meta-analysis approach. To accomplish this, we gather information on 1,030 previously estimated wage effects and 432 employment effects of immigration from 61 academic studies covering 18...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532681
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The (Struggle for) Labour Market Integration of Refugees: Evidence from European Countries
Fasani, Francesco; Frattini, Tommaso; Minale, Luigi - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532755
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Growing up in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment of Immigrant Children
Danzer, Alexander; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018
Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across German regions during the 1960s and 1970s in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532837
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Who Goes on Disability when Times are Tough? The Role of Social Costs of Take-Up among Immigrants
Furtado, Delia; Papps, Kerry L.; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos - 2019
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) take-up tends to increase during recessions despite the fact that the program is intended to insure against the possibility of a work-preventing disability, not job loss. We examine the role that social costs - such as taboos against receiving...
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Parents and Children Talk: The Family Dynamics of English Language Proficiency
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2004
This paper extends the analysis of the acquisition of destination language proficiency among immigrants by explicitly incorporating dynamics among family members- mother, father and children. Single equation, bivariate, and four-state (multivariate) probit analyses are employed. Immigrant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532864