This policy brief assesses the potential of entrepreneurship to be used as a tool for the integration of refugees into the labour market. It discusses the challenges faced in business creation by these potential entrepreneurs, as well as the opportunities created by their situation. It also...

Die Integration von Migrantinnen und Migranten, speziell von Flüchtlingen, stellt eine der großen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen in Deutschland dar. Parallel dazu fällt es dem deutschen Handwerk immer schwerer, seinen Fachkräftebedarf zu decken. Eine wachsende Zahl an Projekten von...

We study the effects of the reform of the system of severance payments (TFR) of Italian employees on the cost and the access to credit for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). The most direct consequence of the reform is to reduce in the long run the amount of liquid assets available to...