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Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2021

underrepresentation of women. Using individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County …

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COVID-19, race, and gender

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2021

underrepresentation of women. Us- ing individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012496842

Taking a second chance : entrepreneurial restarters in Germany

Wagner, Joachim - 2002

Folklore has it that the comparatively low proportion of self-employed in Germany is in part due to a habit that might be termed "stigmatisation of failure": taking a second chance to build one's own firm after failing as a self-employed is said to be much more difficult here than in other...

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The impact of risk aversion, role models, and the regional milieu on the transition from unemployment to self-employment : empirical evidence for Germany

Wagner, Joachim - 2002

The focus of this paper is on the choice of the unemployed between becoming an entrepreneur or not. It contributes to the literature by empirically investigating two hitherto neglected issues: What is the impact of risk aversion and personal contact with a role model in shaping the decision to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410741

Testing Lazear's jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship with German micro data

Wagner, Joachim - 2002

This paper tests the theory recently put forward by Edward Lazear that individuals with competence in many skills should have a higher probability of being self-employed than others. The empirical results for Germany support this jack-of-all-trades view.

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Personal and regional determinants of entrepreneurial activities : empirical evidence from the REM Germany

Wagner, Joachim; Sternberg, Rolf G. - 2002

This paper contributes to empirical research in entrepreneurship by focusing on the link between two stylized facts that emerged from a number of studies for Germany and other countries: Entry rates differ between regions, and the propensity to become an entrepreneur is influenced by...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414681

De jure and de facto determinants of power : evidence from Mississippi

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2012

previously unexploited dataset on voter registration by race covering the counties of Mississippi in 1896, shortly after the … majority represents a threat to the de facto power of white elites. Moreover, the effect of race becomes stronger after 1890 …. -- race ; voting ; institutions ; education ; inequality …

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The evolution of the racial gap in education and the legacy of slavery

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011

initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel. -- race ; inequality …

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Slavery, education, and inequality

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2010

We investigate the impact of slavery on the current performances of the US economy. Over a cross section of counties, we find that the legacy of slavery does not affect current income per capita, but does affect current income inequality. In other words, those counties that displayed a higher...

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Race v. suffrage : the determinants of development in Mississippi

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011

-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force … driving the above outcomes. -- race ; institutions ; development ; inequality ; education …

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