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The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany : Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2004
This paper uses a state of the art three-stage technique to identify the characteristics of the self-employed immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272299
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Legal status at entry, economic performance, and self-employment proclivity: a bi-national study of immigrants
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2005
paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid …-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success. Particular attention is paid to the role of legal status at entry in the … entry variables do not play any significant role. This suggests that the Danish immigrant selection system is ineffective. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272326
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What makes an entrepreneur and does it pay? : Native men, turks, and other migrants in Germany
Constant, Amelie F.; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - 2003
Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in … selfemployed individuals and understand their underlying drive into self-employment. At the same time we investigate how immigrant … immigrants, Turks are twice as likely to choose self-employment as any other immigrant group. The age-earnings profiles of self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272292
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Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle : Migrants Versus Natives
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2004
Economically active people are either in gainful employment, are unemployed or selfemployed. We are interested in the dynamics of the transitions between these states across the business cycle. It is generally perceived that employment or self-employment are absorbing states. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272297
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EU enlargement under continued mobility restrictions: consequences for the German labor market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group among the EU8 immigrants: since enlargement, 63% of all immigrants and 71% of … EU8 immigrants are from Poland. This chapter presents new evidence on the impact of immigrant flow from EU8 countries on … young, and they are less educated compared to previous immigrant groups. We also find that recent EU8 immigrants are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271227
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How Far Away Is a Single European Labor Market?
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2014
A Single European Labor Market, particularly involving the free movement of workers within Europe, has been a goal of the European community since the 1950s. Whereas it may entail opportunities and drawbacks alike, the benefits - such as greater economic welfare for most citizens - are supposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398366
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How Far Away Is a Single European Labor Market?
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
A Single European Labor Market, particularly involving the free movement of workers within Europe, has been a goal of the European community since the 1950s. Whereas it may entail opportunities and drawbacks alike, the benefits – such as greater economic welfare for most citizens – are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886138
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What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does It Pay? Native Men, Turks, and Other Migrants in Germany
Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in … selfemployed individuals and understand their underlying drive into self-employment. At the same time we investigate how immigrant … immigrants, Turks are twice as likely to choose self-employment as any other immigrant group. The age-earnings profiles of self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761937
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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-employment Proclivity: A Bi-national Study of Immigrants
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid …-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success. Particular attention is paid to the role of legal status at entry in the … entry variables do not play any significant role. This suggests that the Danish immigrant selection system is ineffective. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762301
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Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle: Migrants Versus Natives
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Economically active people are either in gainful employment, are unemployed or selfemployed. We are interested in the dynamics of the transitions between these states across the business cycle. It is generally perceived that employment or self-employment are absorbing states. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762371