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How Good are Proxies for Legal Status? : Evidence from the Legalization of Two Million Mexicans
Cascio, Elizabeth U.; Lewis, Ethan; Zhang, Chengguo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Two million Mexicans were granted lawful permanent residency in the U.S. under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). We find that occupation and program use variables in a prominent proxy for legal status poorly detect this event. A decade after legalization, the share of...
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Do Low-skilled Immigrants Improve Native Productivity but Worsen Local Amenities? Learning from the South Korean Experience
Kim, Hyejin; Lee, Jongkwan; Peri, Giovanni - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In this study, we first evaluate the effect of a significant increase in low-skilled immigration in Korean municipalities from 2010-2015 on the internal migration of natives. Using Korean survey data we are able to distinguish between natives moving for work-related and non-work-related reasons....
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship : New Estimates and a Research Agenda
Chodavadia, Saheel; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new … employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of …
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The determinants of self-employment entry of Palestinian youth
Morrar, Rabeh; Amara, Mohamed; Syed Zwick, Helène - In: Journal of entrepreneurship in emerging economies 14 (2022) 1, pp. 23-44
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Self-Employment Dynamics and the Returns to Entrepreneurship
Dillon, Eleanor W. - 2017
with experimentation to learn about earnings. This pattern motivates estimating the expected returns to entrepreneurship … found to constitute a substantial portion of the monetary value of entrepreneurship. The model is then used to evaluate …
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A springboard for entrepreneurs? : gig and sharing economy and entrepreneurship in Russia
Bogatyreva, Karina; Verkhovskaya, Olga; Makarov, Yuri - In: Journal of entrepreneurship in emerging economies 15 (2023) 4, pp. 698-726
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Social entrepreneurship in Nigeria through drivers of religion and work-desire
Van der Westhuizen, Thea; Adelakun, Yemisi - In: Journal of entrepreneurship in emerging economies 15 (2023) 4, pp. 727-745
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Female entrepreneurship in emerging and developing countries : a systematic review of practical and policy implications and suggestions for new studies
Corrêa, Victor Silva; Lima, Rosileine Mendonça de; … - In: Journal of entrepreneurship in emerging economies 16 (2024) 2, pp. 366-395
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Investigating the self-employed : the South African perspective
Muchemwa, Marifa; Odimegwu, Clifford - In: Journal of entrepreneurship in emerging economies 16 (2024) 5, pp. 1319-1337
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Not in My Backyard? The Local Impact of Wind and Solar Parks in Brazil
Scheifele, Fabian; Popp, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Support from local citizens is important for the scale-up of renewable energy. We investigate the impact of utility-scale wind and solar parks on employment, GDP and public finances in Brazilian municipalities using a difference-in-differences design with matching. We find a positive employment...
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