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Teaching business skills to women : impact of business training on women’s microenterprise owners in Vietnam
Raven, Peter; Le, Quan Vu - In: International journal of entrepreneurial behaviour & … 21 (2015) 4, pp. 622-641
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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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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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The impact of firm entry regulation on long-living entrants
Prantl, Susanne - 2010
What is the impact of firm entry regulation on sustained entry into self-employment? How does firm entry regulation influence the performance of long-living entrants? In this paper, I address these questions by exploiting a natural experiment in firm entry regulation. After German reunification,...
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Entry regulation and entrepreneurship : empirical evidence from a German natural experiment
Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2010
The amendment to the German Trade and Crafts Code in 2004 offers a natural experiment to asses the causal effects of this reform on the probabilities of being self-employed and transition into and out of self-employment, using cross-sections (2002-2006) of German microcensus data. This study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665439
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“I want to, but I also need to” : start-ups resulting from opportunity and necessity
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - 2009
When unemployed persons go into business, they often are characterized as necessity entrepreneurs, because push factors, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously employed represent opportunity entrepreneurs because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932123
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"I want to, but I also need to" : start-ups resulting from opportunity and necessity
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - 2009
When unemployed persons go into business, they often are characterized as necessity entrepreneurs, because push factors, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously employed represent opportunity entrepreneurs because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003921269
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Alte Idee, neues Programm : der Gründungszuschuss als Nachfolger von Überbrückungsgeld und Ich-AG
Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens; Künn, Steffen; … - 2011
Die Gründungsförderung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit ist im Rahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik im Rechtskreis SGB III nach wie vor eines der bedeutsamsten Instrumente. Zum 1. August 2006 löste der Gründungszuschuss (§ 57 SGB III) seine beiden Vorgänger, das Überbrückungsgeld und den...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009380658
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Entry regulation and entrepreneurship : empirical evidence from a German natural experiment
Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2010
The amendment to the German Trade and Crafts Code in 2004 offers a natural experiment to asses the causal effects of this reform on the probabilities of being self-employed and transition into and out of self-employment, using cross-sections (2002-2006) of German microcensus data. This study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009267839
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Immigrants and entrepreneurship : business ownership is higher among immigrants, but promoting self-employment is unlikely to improve outcomes for less skilled immigrants
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2014
Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many countries have established special visas and entry...
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