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Self-employment, knowledge and economic growth: An empirical study for Latin American countries

González Sánchez, Víctor M. - In: Contemporary Economics 12 (2018) 4, pp. 473-484

entrepreneurship is one of the elements that could positively contribute to this growth. Among other factors, both entrepreneurship and … relationship between economic growth, knowledge and entrepreneurship within the context of Latin American countries during the … period 2001-2016. For this purpose, the self-employment variable has been used as an empirical proxy of entrepreneurship. In …

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Supply of immigrant entrepreneurs and native entrepreneurship

Ghimire, Keshar M. - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-42

entrepreneurship on entrepreneurial propensities of natives. The author draws data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of … entrepreneurs on native entrepreneurship. Moreover, there is no net effect on subgroups of natives separated by skill level. There …

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Learning lessons from the economic crisis in self-employment

Iyke, Bernard Njindan; Ho, Sin-yu - In: Contemporary Economics 14 (2020) 1, pp. 3-21

The main objective of this article is to test the hypothesis that the economic crisis has resulted in significant changes in the socioeconomic and labor profile of the new self-employed in Spain between 2008 and 2013. Additionally, it is intended to determine if there are homogeneous profiles of...

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Identity-based earning discrimination among Chinese people

Siddique, Abu Bakkar - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-42

Hukou registration is an instrument to control nonplanned population and capital movements, which the Chinese Communist Party has been exploiting extensively since the 1950s. It requires that each Chinese citizen be classified as either an agricultural or nonagricultural hukou inheritor and be...

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Economic assimilation of Mexicans and Central Americans in the United States

Peri, Giovanni; Rutledge, Zachariah - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-26

Using United States Census data between 1970 and 2017, we analyze the economic assimilation of subsequent arrival cohorts of Mexicans and Central Americans by comparing their earnings and employment probability to those of natives with similar age and education. We find that, on average, these...

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New evidence on son preference among immigrant households in the United States

Duan, Huiqiong; Hicks, Daniel L. - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-28

This paper provides new evidence on the acquisition and persistence of child gender preference among immigrant populations in the United States using Census and American Community Survey data. We first confirm the existing evidence of son preference among immigrant populations from South East...

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Refugees welcome, but not in my backyard? The impact of immigration on right-wing voting : evidence from Germany

Jasny, Johannes; Becker, Tilman - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-20

This article studies whether immigration in voter's neighborhoods is a driving factor of the rise of Germany's major right-wing party Alternative fuer Deutschland (AFD) and the decline of Angela Merkel's center ruling party the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). We use the 2015 refugee crisis as...

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Consequences of immigrating during a recession: Evidence from the US Refugee Resettlement program

Mask, Joshua - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-31

Are there long-term labor consequences in migrating to the US during a recession? For most immigrants, credibly estimating this effect is difficult because of selective migration. Some immigrants may not move if economic conditions are not favorable. However, identification is possible for...

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Acquisition of permanent residence by temporary foreign workers in Canada: A panel study of labour market outcomes before and after the status transition

Ci, Wen; Hou, Feng; Morissette, René - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 2, pp. 1-24

Using a unique administrative dataset, this study investigates the employment and earnings trajectories of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) during the years surrounding their acquisition of permanent residence in Canada. If the labour market assimilation of TFWs follows a smooth trajectory in...

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Liberalization of European migration and the immigration of skilled people to Sweden

Ejermo, Olof; Zheng, Yannu - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 5, pp. 1-25

Migration policies can have a strong impact on the selection of immigrants, who in turn can affect the host country's innovation development. This paper examines the effects of the liberalization of migration on the skill composition of immigrants from the EU-15 to Sweden after the inception of...

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