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Discouraged Immigrants and the Missing Pop in EPOP
Norlander, Peter; Sorensen, Todd A. - 2016
We address the impact of declining migration on the measurement of labor market health. We first document an historically significant decline in the growth rate of the U.S. foreign born population since 2000. A decomposition shows that nearly two-thirds of the decline can be attributed to...
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Self-Employment and Migration
Giambra, Samuele; McKenzie, David - 2019
There is a widespread policy view that a lack of job opportunities at home is a key reason for migration, accompanied by suggestions of the need to spend more on creating these opportunities so as to reduce migration. Self-employment is widespread in poor countries, and faced with a lack of...
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Entrepreneurship selection and performance
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; Vijverberg, … - 2004
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 …
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The value of an educated population for an individual's entrepreneurship success
Millán Morera de la Vall, José María; Congregado, Emilio - 2013 - Version: September 2013
Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship … of time. An implication of our novel finding is that entrepreneurship and higher education policies should be considered …
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Education and entrepreneurial choice : an instrumental variables analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: November 2010
the likelihood that he/she starts a business.Implications for entrepreneurship research and practice are discussed. …
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Does Education Enhance Entrepreneurship?
Ahn, Kunwon; Winters, John V. - 2021
. Education and entrepreneurship are both influenced by other related factors. The current study estimates causal effects of … formal education on entrepreneurship outcomes by instrumenting for an individual's years of schooling using cohort mean years … education for men. The results suggest that formal education enhances entrepreneurship. …
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The stature of the self-employed and its premium
Rietveld, Cornelius A.; Hessels, Jolanda; Zwan, Peter … - 2014
. Further, entrepreneurship is associated with high social status in numerous countries; hence, entrepreneurs might be taller … individual’s height raises the probability of being self-employed (the most common proxy for entrepreneurship) versus paid …
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Making Sense of Arab Labor Markets: The Enduring Legacy of Dualism
Assaad, Ragui - 2013
It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high unemployment for educated youth, weak private sector dependent on government welfare for their survival, rapid growth in educational attainment, but much of it focused...
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The Impact of Dual Apprenticeship Programs on Early Labour Market Outcomes: A Dynamic Approach
Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2018
This study examines the impact of enrolling into dual apprenticeship programs in secondary education on six early employment outcomes. Our contribution to the literature is threefold. First, we estimate – within the same, Belgian secondary education framework – the effects of two distinct...
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The Long-Term Effect of Age at School Entry on Competencies in Adulthood
Görlitz, Katja; Penny, Merlin; Tamm, Marcus - 2019
The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...
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