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Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from oDesk and India
Ghani, Syed Ejaz; Kerr, William; Stanton, Christopher - 2013
We examine the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk, the world’s largest online platform for outsourced contracts. Despite oDesk minimizing many of the frictions that diaspora connections have traditionally overcome, diaspora...
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Ethnic minority self-employment : poor paid employment prospects push minority workers into working for themselves, often in low-reward work
Clark, Kenneth - 2015
groups, it is important to understand the factors that underlie the nature and extent of ethnic entrepreneurship to evaluate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430234
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Ethnic minority self-employment in Germany: Geographical distribution and determinants of regional variation
Bruder, Jana; Räthke-Döppner, Solvig - 2008
In Germany self-employment among foreigners increased significantly in recent years. We study the geographical distribution of ethnic minority self-employment in Germany and find determinants for variations in start-up activities across 440 administrative German regions. We analyze the Statistic...
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Employee spinouts, social networks, and family firms
Rauch, James E. - 2013
spin out. This is shown to predict the association of co-ethnic networks with high rates of entrepreneurship and the …
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A structural equations model for assessing the economic performance of high-tech ethnic entrepreneurs
Şahín, Medíha; Todiras, Alina; Nijkamp, Peter; … - 2013
In this paper we develop and test a conceptual model of the key relationships concerning the business performance and success of ethnic entrepreneurs. To that end, an explanatory modei'GALAXY' is presented which serves as a framework for mapping out the impact that various background factors are...
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The Contrasting Effects of Ethnic, Cultural and Immigrant Diversity on Entrepreneurship and Job Creation
Gutierrez-Romero, Roxana - 2020
countries is favourable for entrepreneurship and job creation. Building on existing, yet disjointed theories on diversity, the … paper provides insights as to why different types of diversity may have different effects on entrepreneurship. We test our … predictions using multilevel modelling and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey of over 1.5 million people across 88 …
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Neighborhood Segregation and Black Entrepreneurship
Fesselmeyer, Eric - 2017
We examine the causal effect of neighborhood segregation on black entrepreneurship. We address neighborhood sorting by …, entrepreneurship has been an avenue out of poverty, and entrepreneurship has been promoted as a way to decrease welfare and …
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Building a Better Rat Trap : Technological Innovation, Human Capital and the Irula
Terjesen, Siri A. - 2014
relationship between human capital and technological entrepreneurship, considering the knowledge and skills required to …
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Social networks, ethnicity, and entrepreneurship
Kerr, William R.; Mandorff, Martin - 2016
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United … entrepreneurship. Empirical evidence from the United States supports our model's underlying mechanisms. …
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Ethnic enclaves and labor market outcomes : what matters most: neighborhood, city or region?
Klaesson, Johan; Öner, Özge - 2018
, both for their employment and entrepreneurship probability. Whereas residential segregation has a more uniformly …
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