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Female genital mutilation and migration in Mali : do return migrants transfer social norms?

Diabate, Idrissa; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - 2019

In this paper, we investigate the power of migration as a mechanism in the transmission of social norms, taking Mali … and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a case study. Mali has a strong FGM culture and a long-standing history of …

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Millet, rice, and isolation : origins and persistence of the world's most enduring mega-state

Kung, James Kai-sing; Özak, Ömer; Putterman, Louis G.; … - 2022

each other, set off a race between their autochthonous state-building projects, which determines their extent and … developed into independent states, as agriculture provided the fertile ground for state-formation, while isolation provided time … reproducing a mega-state in the area that became China and on the determinants of its borders with other states. …

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Communism as the unhappy coming

Djankov, Simeon; Nikolova, Elena - 2018

We show that Eastern Orthodox believers are less happy compared to those of Catholic and Protestant faith using data covering more than 100 countries around the world. Consistent with the happiness results, we also find that relative to Catholics, Protestants and non-believers, those of Eastern...

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Impacts of COVID-19 on the self-employed

Kalenkoski, Charlene; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2021

This study estimates random effects and difference-in-difference-in-differences models to examine the initial impacts of COVID-19 on the employment and hours of unincorporated self-employed workers using monthly panel data from the Current Population Survey. For these workers, effects were...

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Macroeconomic contractions during impressionable years and entrepreneurship in later adulthood

Sotirakopoulos, Panagiotis; Guven, Cahit; Ulker, Aydogan; … - 2021

We argue that past events experienced during the critical ages of 18-25 can influence an individual's future entrepreneurship based on the "impressionable years hypothesis". Accordingly, we empirically investigate the relationship between bad economic conditions during youth and later-life...

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Being your own boss and bossing others : the moderating effect of managing others on work meaning and autonomy for the self-employed and employees

Nikolova, Milena; Nikolaev, Boris; Boudreaux, … - 2021

We examine the moderating role of being a supervisor for meaning and autonomy of self-employed and employed workers. We … more work meaningfulness and autonomy compared with being a salaried supervisor working for an employer. Wage supervisors … work longer hours. Moreover, solo entrepreneurs experience slightly less work meaningfulness, but more autonomy compared …

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Self-employment and subjective well-being

Binder, Martin; Blankenberg, Ann-Kathrin - 2021

-employed due to the autonomy and exibility it brings. Using "subjective well-being" as a broad summary measure that evaluates an …

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Personal characteristics and intention for entrepreneurship

Yalcintas, Murat; Iyigun, Oykü; Karabulut, Gokhan - 2021

This study analyzes the relationship between entrepreneurship intention and personal characteristics and skills by using the surveys we conducted in Turkey on 1465 senior university students. We use a modified version of the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) scale and the Political Skills...

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The short-term effect of COVID-19 on self-employed workers in Canada

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Fakorede, Oluwatobi; Mikola, Derek - 2020

Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey, we document the short-term impact of COVID-19 on self-employed individuals in Canada, which we interpret as small business owners. We document an important decrease in business ownership between February 2020 and May 2020 (-14.8 percent for incorporated...

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The Labour Force Status of Transgender People and The Impact of Removing Surgical Requirements to Change Gender on ID Documents

Mann, Samuel - 2020

change their gender on ID documents, which can be invasive, expensive, and is not always desired. In the present work state …

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