differentiates between entrepreneurs and other self-employed to address puzzling gaps that have emerged between theory and evidence … on entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts—and the data confirm—that entrepreneurs are positively selected on … highly-remunerated human capital, but other self-employed are negatively selected on those same abilities; entrepreneurs are …

do not attract talented-but-reluctant entrepreneurs, but instead attract individuals with personality traits associated …

We disaggregate the self-employed into incorporated and unincorporated to distinguish between "entrepreneurs" and other … "illicit" tendencies as youths accounts for both entry into entrepreneurship and the comparative earnings of entrepreneurs. In … contrast to past research, we find that entrepreneurs earn more per hour and work more hours than their salaried and …

panel-data approach used to generate these results assumes that either there is no substantial migration response to … of the relationship between business cycles and mortality are highly sensitive to assumptions related to migration. After … adjusting for migration, we find that mortality increased during the cotton recession, but was largely unaffected by the coal …

I examine the determinants of inter-state migration of adults within western Germany, using the German Socio …-cost migration avenue that has not been considered in the previous literature. I also analyze the relation between repeat and return … migration and distinguish between short and long-distance migration. I confirm that long-distance migrants are more skilled than …

In 1997 GDP per capita in East Germany was 57% of that of West Germany, wage rates were 75% of western levels, and the … bring convergence, labor flows would respond, enhancing overall efficiency. Yet net emigration from East Germany has fallen … from high levels in 1989-1990 to close to zero. Using state-level data for all of Germany, available from 1991-1996, I am …