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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 the U.S. and their descendants. Employing data from...
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Social Determinants of Labor Market Status of Ethnic Minorities in Britain
Kahanec, Martin; Mendola, Mariapia - 2021
The labor market outcomes of ethnic minorities in advanced societies and their dependence on social relationships and membership in social networks are important empirical issues with significant policy consequences. We use detailed micro-data on multiple-origin ethnic minorities in England and...
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Changing Patterns of Ethnic Minority Self-Employment in Britain : Evidence from Census Microdata
Clark, Kenneth; Drinkwater, Stephen - 2021
The over-representation of certain ethnic minority and immigrant groups in self-employment is, in common with other developed countries, a notable feature of the UK labour market. Compared to substantial growth in self-employment in the 1980s, the 1990s saw overall self-employment rates plateau....
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The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK
Algan, Yann - 2009
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK have all become, perhaps unwittingly, countries with...
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Children, Kitchen, Church : Does Ethnicity Matter?
Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2007
Gender role attitudes are well-known determinants of female labor supply. This paper examines the strength of those attitudes using time diaries on childcare, food management and religious activities provided by the British Time Use Survey. Given the low labor force participation of females from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775697
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The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment
Chatterji, Aaron - 2013
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...
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Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle : Migrants Versus Natives
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2021
that lead to fluctuations between employment and self-employment, directly or through the unemployment state. Migrants are … migrants take a larger part in the adjustment process. They use self-employment as a mechanism to circumvent and escape …
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Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity : It Pays to Be Self-Employed
Constant, Amelie F. - 2021
In this paper I assert that the entrepreneurial spirit can also exist in salaried jobs. I study the determinants of wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany - self-employed and salaried businesswomen - and investigate whether ethnicity is important in...
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Labour Market Outcomes and Skill Acquisition in the Host Country : North African Migrants Returning Home from the European Union
Mahuteau, Stephane - 2011
This paper studies the educational investment decisions of returning migrants while abroad in the context of their … skills acquired by migrants while abroad is related to the activity chosen upon return and the duration of migration. The … developed and developing countries, the economic development of the latter will increasingly depend on migrants' ability to …
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Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2013
Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not...
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