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Labor market assimilation and the self-employment decision of immigrant entrepreneurs
Lofstrom, Magnus - 1999
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001399319
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Taking a second chance : entrepreneurial restarters in Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001663194
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Testing Lazear's jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship with German micro data
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268860
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Personal and regional determinants of entrepreneurial activities : empirical evidence from the REM Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268894
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Social capital and the uncertainty reduction of self-employment
Blumberg, Boris F.; Pfann, Gerard A. - 2001
skills. Social capital dampens the effects of uncertainty about future income. Our data set consists of 1339 respondents from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001605264
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A comparison of the human capital and signaling models : the case of the self-employed and the increase in the schooling premium in the 1980's
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000
This paper utilizes the self-employed to analyze the observed increase in the educational earnings premium in the 1980's. The paper compares the predictions of the signaling and human capital models in response to an exogenous demand shock such as a skill-biased technological change. Since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001502454
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Self-employment and earnings among high-skilled immigrants in the United States
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001510633
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Entrepreneurship from scratch : lessons on the entry decision into self-employment from transition economies
Earle, John S.; Saková, Zuzana - 1999
-experimentʺ for understanding the sources of entrepreneurship. A relative demand-supply model and an individual sectoral choice model … are positive, and the data imply positive selection into both employee and self-employment status. Structural probit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001450059
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Self-employment and wage earning : Hungary during transition
Co, Catherine Yap - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268844