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The transformation of self employment
Colaiacovo, Innessa; Dalton, Margaret; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; … - 2022
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Mexican Entrepreneurship : A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States
Fairlie, Robert - 2005
Nearly a quarter of Mexico's workforce is self employed. But in the U.S. rates of self employment among Mexican Americans are only 6 percent, about half the rate among non-Latino whites. Using data from the Mexican and U.S. population census, we show that neither industrial composition nor...
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Social networks, ethnicity, and entrepreneurship
Kerr, William R.; Mandorff, Martin - 2016
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United … entrepreneurship. Empirical evidence from the United States supports our model's underlying mechanisms. …
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Immigrant entrepreneurship
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to … into the United States, comprehensive data for quantifying immigrant entrepreneurship are difficult to assemble. We combine …
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Immigrant entrepreneurship in America : evidence from the survey of business owners 2007 & 2012
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - In: Research policy : policy, management and economic … 49 (2020) 3, pp. 1-18
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Immigrant entrepreneurship
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
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Immigrant entrepreneurship : new estimates and a research agenda
Chodavadia, Saheel; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - 2024
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Female Business Ownership and Informal Sector Persistence
Ghani, Ejaz - 2013
The informal sector in India has been exceptionally persistent over the past two decades. Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily. This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India's unorganized manufacturing sector is due to the rapid increase in female-owned businesses. Had...
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The Transformation of Self Employment
Colaiacovo, Innessa; Dalton, Margaret G.; Pekkala Kerr, Sari - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
self-employment to 23%. This same time period also witnessed declines in "hometown" local entrepreneurship and the …
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Female Business Ownership and Informal Sector Persistence
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2014
The informal sector in India has been exceptionally persistent over the past two decades. Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily. This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India's unorganized manufacturing sector is due to the rapid increase in female-owned businesses. Had...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560732