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Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity : It Pays to Be Self-Employed

Constant, Amelie F. - 2021

In this paper I assert that the entrepreneurial spirit can also exist in salaried jobs. I study the determinants of wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany - self-employed and salaried businesswomen - and investigate whether ethnicity is important in...

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Why Have Lending Programs Targeting Disadvantaged Small-Business Borrowers Achieved so Little Success in the United States?

Bates, Timothy - 2010

Small business lending programs designed to move disadvantaged low-income people into business ownership have been difficult to implement successfully in the U.S. context. Based in part on the premise that financing requirements are an entry barrier limiting the ability of aspiring entrepreneurs...

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Measuring Racial and Ethnic Representation in 21st Century High Technology Self-employment

Atkins, Rachel M. B.; Burrage, April - 2022

technology sector employees, however; racial and ethnic disparities in technology entrepreneurship are not well documented or … in tech entrepreneurship. Conversely, unfavorable tech labor market conditions for underrepresented and minoritized … groups could push them to pursue entrepreneurship or self-employment as an alternative. This study is the first to …

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The Self-Employment Effects of Secure Communities in the United States

García, Raffi E.; Gutierrez-Li, Alejandro - 2023

This paper examines the effect of Secure Communities, an internal immigration enforcement program, on self-employment and self-employed income in the United States. We find that while the policy did not substantially decrease the self-employment rate, it had an unintended adverse impact on the...

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Immigration Policy and the Rise of Self-Employment Among Mexican Immigrants

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Lofstrom, Magnus; Wang, Chunbei - 2021

Over the past two decades, the U.S. has seen a drastic growth in self-employment among Mexican immigrants, the largest immigrant population in the country. This is an interesting yet puzzling trend, in stark contrast to the stagnated growth of self-employment among other disadvantaged minority...

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The Employees of Native and Immigrant Self-Employed

Andersson, Pernilla; Wadensjo, Eskil - 2021

Using unique register data for Sweden we can match self-employed persons to their employees. We analyze the national composition of the employees and ask if self-employed immigrants mainly employ workers from their home region and if self-employed natives mainly employ native workers. We find...

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Social Determinants of Labor Market Status of Ethnic Minorities in Britain

Kahanec, Martin; Mendola, Mariapia - 2021

The labor market outcomes of ethnic minorities in advanced societies and their dependence on social relationships and membership in social networks are important empirical issues with significant policy consequences. We use detailed micro-data on multiple-origin ethnic minorities in England and...

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The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment

Chatterji, Aaron - 2013

In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...

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Immigrant self-employment in turbulent times : a decade with refugee crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic

Hammarstedt, Mats; Skedinger, Per - 2024

We examine immigrant self-employment in Sweden during 2011-2021 - a turbulent decade with a large influx of refugees into the country and the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Four outcome variables are investigated: the probability of self-employment, the probability of entry into and...

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Immigrant self-employment in turbulent times: A decade with refugee crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic

Hammarstedt, Mats; Skedinger, Per - 2024

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