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Vietnamese Immigrant Entrepreneurship : A Comparison of Self-Employment in Vietnam and the United States
Opas, Teepakorn - 2021
In this paper, we examine the case of Vietnam as an example of this phenomenon. In Vietnam, the World Bank Indicators … microdata from Vietnam and the U.S. as well as an understanding of the economic systems in the two countries to understand the … differences in the self-employment rate of the Vietnamese in Vietnam versus Vietnamese immigrants in the U.S. and to give some …
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What makes a 'jack-of-all-trades'?
Oberschachtsiek, Dirk - 2009
Das Papier untersucht die 'Jack-of-all-Trades'-Hypothese. Diese unterstellt, dass nicht die Höhe der Produktivität eines Individuums ausschlaggebend ist für eine selbständige Aktivität, sondern deren Bandbreite an Fähigkeiten oder Erfahrung (Lazear 2005). Die Analyse konzentriert sich auf...
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Returns for entrepreneurs vs. employees : the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vs. wage employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs' performance as compared to employees'? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples' occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that education...
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Creative unemployment
Røed, Knut; Skogstrøm, Jens Fredrik - 2010
We examine the impact of job loss on entrepreneurship behavior in Norway. Our identification strategy relies on the use of mass layoffs caused by bankruptcies as indicators of exogenous displacement. We find that working in a company which is going to close down due to bankruptcy during the next...
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Immigration and entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2013
Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not...
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Immigration and entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2015
Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010506325
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Transitions to entrepreneurship and industry-specific barriers
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy Mason; Parker, Simon C. - 2011
Drivers of entrepreneurial entry are investigated in this study by examining how entry into small-business ownership is shaped by industry-specific constraints. The human- and financial-capital endowments of potential entrepreneurs entering firms in various industries are shown to differ...
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Health Insurance Coverage and Self-Employment Among Young US Adults
Jia, Ye (George) - 2015
We utilize the NLSY97 data to study the impact of health insurance coverage on the decision to enter self-employment. We find that employer insurance coverage has a strong "pull" effect on the decision, especially among older males. Older females who gain dependent coverage are more likely to...
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Spatial Structure and Productivity in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Meijers, E.J. (Evert) - 2010
Recent concepts as megaregions and polycentric urban regions emphasize that external economies are not confined to a single urban core, but shared among a collection of close-by and linked cities. However, empirical analyses of agglomeration and agglomeration externalities so-far neglects the...
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Business Survival and Success of Young Small Business Owners
van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2003
Little empirical evidence provides insight in person-oriented drivers of business survival and success of small business owners. In this paper I perform a duration analysis of business survival amongst young white (selfemployed) small business owners in the U.S. Compulsory exits are...
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