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Entrepreneurship and Survival Dynamics of Immigrants to the U.S. and Their Descendants
Georgarakos, Dimitris; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2021
Many studies have explored the determinants of entering into entrepreneurship and the differences in self …-employment rates across racial and ethnic groups. However, very little is known about the survival in entrepreneurship of immigrants to … survival probability in entrepreneurship for Mexican and other Hispanic immigrants, which does not carry on to their U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317065
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Gender Differences in Business Performance : Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia - 2021
Using confidential microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we investigate the performance of female-owned businesses making comparisons to male-owned businesses. Using regression estimates and a decomposition technique, we explore the role that human capital, especially through prior work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324952
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What Makes a Die-Hard Entrepreneur? Beyond the 'Employee or Entrepreneur' Dichotomy
Nolan, Michael A.; Burke, Andrew E.; Fitzroy, Felix R. - 2021
The paper makes three contributions to the economics literature on entrepreneurship. We offer a new measure of … entrepreneurship which accounts for variations in persistence in self-employment and as a result avoids the weakness of approaches …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317438
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030660
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"I Want to, But I Also Need to" : Start-Ups Resulting from Opportunity and Necessity
Caliendo, Marco - 2010
When unemployed persons go into business, they often are characterized as necessity entrepreneurs, because push factors, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously employed represent opportunity entrepreneurs because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149521
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008841907
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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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"Tongue tide" : the economics of language offers important lessons for how Europe can best integrate migrants
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2016
This policy analysis discusses issues regarding the migration to Europe of large numbers of immigrants and refugees who, on arrival, do not know their host country's language. It reviews problems of economic integration into the labor market, the consequences of the formation of immigrant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011516716
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The Effect of Immigration on the School Performance of Natives : Cross Country Evidence Using PISA Test Scores
Brunello, Giorgio - 2011
We study whether a higher share of immigrant pupils affects the school performance of natives using aggregate multi-country data from PISA. We find evidence of a negative and statistically significant relationship. The size of the estimated effect is small: doubling the share of immigrant pupils...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129941
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Ethnic Minorities in the European Union : An Overview
Kahanec, Martin - 2010
This paper sheds light on the labor market situation of ethnic minorities in the European Union. Facing a serious measurement challenge and lacking adequate data, we apply several measures of ethnicity and examine various data sources as well as secondary evidence. We find significant gaps...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134811