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Legal status at entry, economic performance, and self-employment proclivity : a bi-national study of immigrants
Constant, Amelie (contributor);  … - 2005
. Accounting for sample selectivity, the paper provides regressions explaining reservation wages, and actual earnings for paid … earnings differentials from working and reservation wages and for self-employment and paid-employment earnings matter much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003238617
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The Role of Turkish Immigrants in Entrepreneurial Activities in Germany
Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2005
This paper addresses a central issue to migration the role of immigrants in entrepreneurial activity. In particular, the paper focuses on the determinants of the decision to become an entrepreneur for Turks living in Germany. The paper provides some important benchmarks, including the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150190
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Entrepreneurial ventures and wage differentials between Germans and immigrants
Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan - 2003
effect on the wages of individual workers and can lead them to economic success. We employ recent data from the German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282471
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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, … - 2003
This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439390
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Entrepreneurial ventures and wage differentials between Germans and immigrants
Constant, Amelie (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
effect on the wages of individual workers and can lead them to economic success. We employ recent data from the German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001790863
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Entrepreneurial Ventures and Wage Differentials Between Germans and Immigrants
Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
effect on the wages of individual workers and can lead them to economic success. We employ recent data from the German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763736
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The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany: Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper uses a state of the art three-stage technique to identify the characteristics of the self-employed immigrant and native men in Germany and to understand their underlying drive into self-employment. Employing data from the German Socioeconomic Panel 2000 release we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763869
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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 - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
. Accounting for sample selectivity, the paper provides regressions explaining reservation wages, and actual earnings for paid … earnings differentials from working and reservation wages and for self-employment and paid-employment earnings matter much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123900
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Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle: Migrants vs Natives
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Economically active people are either in gainful employment, are unemployed or self-employed. 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/10005124236
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Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed
Constant, Amelie - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany - self-employed and salaried … salaried businesswomen went into self-employment, they would receive considerably higher wages and for at least 30 years …. However, if self-employed businesswomen went into salaried jobs, their wages would decline, suggesting that it is the self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068678