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Has COVID-19 Induced Labor Market Mismatch? Evidence from the US and the UK
Pizzinelli, Carlo; Shibata, Ippei - 2022
This paper studies whether labor market mismatch played an important role for labor market dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic. We apply the framework of S¸ahin et al. (2014) to the US and the UK to measure misallocation between job seekers and vacancies across sectors until the third quarter...
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Austerity Measures Impact on Entrepreneurship, Employment as Well as Income Distribution : A Panel Data Analysis in EU
Georgiou, Miltiades N. - 2012
In the present paper a discussion will be made about the crucial topic of fostering entrepreneurship as the cornerstone … of capitalism (by avoiding too hard austerity measures and helping instead entrepreneurship in various ways) so as to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096766
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The short-term effect of COVID-19 on self-employed workers in Canada
Beland, Louis-Philippe; Fakorede, Oluwatobi; Mikola, Derek - 2020
Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey, we document the short-term impact of COVID-19 on self-employed individuals in Canada, which we interpret as small business owners. We document an important decrease in business ownership between February 2020 and May 2020 (-14.8 percent for incorporated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239333
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Evaluating Social Investment in Disability Policy : Impact of Measures for Activation, Support, and Facilitation on Employment of Disabled Persons in 22 European Countries
Reinders Folmer, Chris; Mascini, Peter; Van der Veen, Romke - 2021
Disability policy in European countries is displaying a shift towards social investment: increasing human capital and access to the labour market. The reasoning that underlies this transition is that disabled persons would benefit from mainstream employment, but are impeded in traditional policy...
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Optimal allocation of relief funds: the case of the paycheck protection program
Joaquim, Gustavo; Netto, Felipe - 2021 - This version: October 2021
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was a large and unprecedented small-business support program that allocated $800 billion in loans and grants to small businesses following the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. This paper explores the optimal allocation of funds across firms and the distortions...
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Bank incentives and the effect of the paycheck protection program
Joaquim, Gustavo; Netto, Felipe - 2021 - This version: October 2021
We assess the role of banks in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a large and unprecedented smallbusiness support program instituted as a response to the COVID-19 crisis in the United States. In 2020, the PPP administered more than $525 billion in loans and grants to small businesses through...
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Testing the differential impact of COVID-19 on self-employed women and men in the United Kingdom
Reuschke, Darja; Henley, Andrew; Daniel, Elizabeth; … - 2021
This paper investigates whether the female self-employed are more affected by the COVID-19 crisis than the male self-employed using longitudinal data four months following the first 'lockdown' in the UK. We specifically test the role of family/social, economic and psychological factors on...
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Economic freedom as a catalyst for entrepreneurship : an empirical analysis of GCC countries
Sayed, Omer Ahmed; Abedelrahim, Selma Sidahmed - In: Cogent business & management 11 (2024) 1, pp. 1-18
This research aims to investigate the impact of economic freedom on entrepreneurship within the GCC countries, spanning …, Investment Freedom and Monetary Freedom on entrepreneurship rates, measured by new business density (REE). Additionally, critical … highlight that while economic freedom is a consistent long-term catalyst for entrepreneurship, the short-term dynamics are …
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Modelling the Differing Impacts of COVID-19 in the UK Labour Market
Martin, Christopher - 2020
This paper models the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on graduates and non-graduates in the UK. We use a model that is designed around key features of the UK labour market: (i) graduates typically earn higher wages and enjoy greater job security than non-graduates; (ii) many graduates are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825342
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The effects of entrepreneurship education
Weber, Richard; Graevenitz, Georg von; Harhoff, Dietmar - 2009
Entrepreneurship education ranks highly on policy agendas in Europe and the US, but little research is available to … assess its impacts. In this context it is of primary importance to understand whether entrepreneurship education raises … intentions to be entrepreneurial generally or whether it helps students determine how well suited they are for entrepreneurship …
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