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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

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

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

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

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

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 …

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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

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

Networks, start-up capital and women's entrepreneurial performance in Africa : evidence from Eswatini

Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - 2019

This paper analyzes the role of networks in access of women entrepreneurs to start-up capital and firm performance in Eswatini, a country with one of the highest female unemployment rates in Africa. The paper first shows that higher initial capital is associated with better sales performance for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011988636

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