Research background: Entrepreneurs operate in a turbulent market environment, which affects their business decisions, including those regarding engaging freelancers. Some factors from the environment may affect the profitability of this form of cooperation. Purpose: The aim of this work is to...

The paper provides a descriptive analysis of both the early impacts of COVID on business activity among immigrants and the economic recovery over the next few years. The findings indicate that immigrant business owners were disproportionately affected by COVID in the first month of the pandemic...

In this study we evaluate the effects of low-skilled immigration on small businesses, wages and employment in Germany. We develop a search and matching model with heterogeneous workers, cross-skill matching, and endogenous entry into entrepreneurship. The model is calibrated using German...