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Migrant Entrepreneurs and Credit Constraints under Labour Market Discrimination
Frijters, Paul; Kong, Tao; Meng, Xin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We use a unique data of representative migrants and urban local workers in 15 Chinese cities to investigate … entrepreneurship and credit constraints under labour market discrimination. We divide self employed into prefer to be self-employed and … prefer to have a salaried job but cannot find one; and divide salaried workers into want-to-be entrepreneurs and happy …
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Diferencias salariales por discapacidad y Centros Especiales de Empleo
Rodríguez, Vanesa; Malo, Miguel Ángel; Cueto, Begoña - In: Cuadernos de Economía - Spanish Journal of Economics … 35 (2012) 98, pp. 100-116
En este artículo se estiman las diferencias salariales por discapacidad, atendiendo especialmente a las diferencias salariales existentes en los Centros Especiales de Empleo (CEE). Se encuentra que los trabajadores con discapacidad en un CEE ganan en torno a un 93% de lo que ganan en una...
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Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment
Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The population of most developed societies is ‘graying’. As life expectancy increases and the large baby-boom generation approaches retirement age, this has critical consequences for maintaining a high standard of living and the sustainability of pension systems. In the light of these...
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Cooperation and Competition in Intergenerational Experiments in the Field and the Laboratory
Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2009
There is economic pressure towards the postponement of the retirement age, but employers are still reluctant to employ older workers. We investigate the comparative behavior of juniors and seniors in experiments conducted both onsite with the employees of two large firms and in a conventional...
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Prix fonciers et demande de sol à usage résidentiel en France - 1975-2000
Goffette-Nagot, Florence - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2009
Ce travail documente l'augmentation des prix des terrains à  bâtir en France sur une période de vingt-cinq ans. Nous estimons sur un échantillon national une fonction de prix foncier tenant compte de la croissance urbaine. Nous considérons une relation concave entre le prix des terrains et...
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Education, emploi et participation au marché du travail dans un modèle d’appariement
CHARLOT, Olivier - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2005
Les travailleurs bénéficient de performances différentes sur le marché du travail en fonction de leur âge : le taux d'emploi exhibe une trajectoire en cloche en fonction de l'âge, tandis que le taux de chômage est continuellement décroissant. Au cours des dernières décennies, le taux...
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Education, Family Backgrounds and Racial Earnings Inequality in Brazil
Arias, Omar; Yamada, Gustavo; Tejerina, Luis - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2004
This study investigates the role of race, family background and education in earnings inequality between whites and the African descendent population in Brazil. It uses quantile Mincer earnings regressions to go beyond the usual decomposition of average earnings gaps. Differences in human...
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The role of demographics in small business loan pricing
Neuberger, Doris; Räthke-Döppner, Solvig - Institut für Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Rostock - 2014
. Single entrepreneurs obtain cheaper loans than married ones. Firms in peripheral regions with low population density are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010986141
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Self-Employment around Retirement Age
Hochguertel, Stefan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
This paper uses panel data from the pan-European SHARE survey to study labor market behavior of older male self-employed vis-a-vis wage employed workers. We find the self-employed to work longer hours, to be more flexible in their hours allocation, and to retire later in all countries. We relate...
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Immigration and Inequality
Card, David - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 1-21
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