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Education and Health: The Role of Cognitive Ability
Bijwaard, Govert; van Kippersluis, Hans; Veenman, Justus - 2013
years gain in life expectancy, on average. Decomposition results suggest that the raw survival differences between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293904
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Survival of new firms in the Brazilian franchising segment: An empirical study
Facanha, Luis Otávio; Resende, Marcelo; Cardoso, Vicente; … - 2011
The paper investigates survival patterns of Brazilian franchising firms during the 1994-1999 period. First, at a more … descriptive level one considered the (percentage) survival of newly created franchisors in the following years. The evidence … indicated a drastic decay in survival after only a few years and contrasts with the higher survival of firms in the franchising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274734
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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/10010531772
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Surviving the Titanic disaster: economic, natural and social determinants
Frey, Bruno S.; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2009
chance of survival than those in second and third class. British passengers were more likely to perish than members of other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264561
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Determinants of survival of newly created SMEs in the Brazilian manufacturing: An econometric study
Façanha, Luis Otávio; Resende, Marcelo; Cardoso, Vicente - 2012
The paper investigates the survival of newly created small and medium enterprises in Brazilian manufacturing taking as …. Salient results include the positive role played by firm size, industry size and industry growth on survival and yet the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280848
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How do extended benefits affect unemployment duration?: A regression discontinuity approach
Lalive, Rafael - 2006
This paper studies a program that extends the maximum duration of unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to 209 weeks. Interestingly, this program is targeted to individuals aged 50 years or older, living in certain eligible regions in Austria. In the evaluation, I use sharp discontinuities in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263951
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Die another day: duration in German import trade
Nitsch, Volker - 2007
at the 8-digit product level from 1995 to 2005. I find that survival probabilities are affected by exporter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264198
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Government deficits in the European Union : an analysis of entry and exit dynamics
Bayar, Ali; Smeets, Bram - 2009
The extent of government deficits and debt has been one of the most debated issues in recent years. However, much less has been contributed about their dynamics. Yet, the issue of entering into and exiting from excessive deficits is critical in the Economic and Monetary Union since the Stability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266021
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Income support policies for part-time workers: a stepping-stone to regular jobs? ; an application to young Long-term unemployed women in Belgium
Cockx, Bart Leo Wim; Robin, Stéphane; Goebel, Christian - 2006
We verify whether an income support policy for part-time workers in Belgium increases the transition from unemployment to non-subsidised, "regular" employment. Using a sample of 8630 long-term unemployed young women, whose labour market history is observed from 1998 to 2001, we implement the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272739
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Are short-lived jobs stepping stones to long-lasting jobs?
Cockx, Bart Leo Wim; Picchio, Matteo - 2008
This paper assesses whether short-lived jobs (lasting one quarter or less and involuntarily ending in unemployment) are stepping stones to long-lasting jobs (enduring one year or more) for Belgian long-term unemployed school-leavers. We proceed in two steps. First, we estimate labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272744