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On immigration and native entrepreneurship
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Jaeger, David A.; McHenry, Peter - 2021
We present a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneur-ship by being willing and able to … observationally equivalent natives. Areas with large numbers of im-migrants may therefore lead to more entrepreneurship and innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012516448
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On immigration and native entrepreneurship
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Jaeger, David A.; McHenry, Peter - 2021
We present a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by being willing and able to … observationally equivalent natives. Areas with large numbers of immigrants may therefore lead to more entrepreneurship and innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012486484
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Enterprising women in Southern Africa : when does land ownership matter?
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry; Tregenna, Fiona - 2020
Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model of start-ups in which firms' sales and profits depend on their productivity and access to credit. However, due to the lack of collateral assets such as land, female entrepreneurs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012162904
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Enterprising women in Southern Africa : when does land ownership matter?
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry; Tregenna, Fiona - 2020
Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model of start-ups in which firms’ sales and profits depend on their productivity and access to credit. However, due to the lack of collateral assets such as land, female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012156958
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How immigration may affect US native entrepreneurship : theoretical building blocks and preliminary results
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Jaeger, David A.; Regets, Mark C. - 2012
impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by … of immigrants (even if they are not self-employed) may prove to be areas in which entrepreneurship and innovation are … beyond traditional perspectives that focus on low-cost immigrant labor or immigrant entrepreneurship. -- immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009559123
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US immigration policy at a crossroads
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt - 2013
-national comparisons. -- immigration ; illegal immigration ; effect on poorly educated natives ; entrepreneurship ; human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683004
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On immigration and native entrepreneurship
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Jaeger, David A.; McHenry, Peter - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012491141
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Gender and constraints to entrepreneurship in Africa : new evidence from Swaziland
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - 2015
This paper contributes to closing a knowledge gap on gender, entrepreneurship and development by linking the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309045
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Start-up capital and women's entrepreneurship : evidence from Swaziland
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - 2016
This paper examines gender differences in entrepreneurial performance and their links with start-up capital utilizing a search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both genders with higher start-up capital record better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011551926
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How immigration may affect US native entrepreneurship : theoretical building blocks and preliminary results
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Jaeger, David A.; Regets, Mark C. - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009736764