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Immigrant entrepreneurs, diasporas and exports

Bratti, Massimiliano; De Benedictis, Luca; Santoni, Gianluca - 2018

) through which immigrants generate increased export flows from the regions in which they settle to their countries of origin … relationship going from diasporas and immigrant entrepreneurs towards export flows. Both the size of the diaspora and the number of …'s overall competitiveness and export flows towards all potential destinations. …

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How do immigrants promote exports? : networks, knowledge, diversity.

Orefice, Gianluca; Rapoport, Hillel; Santoni, Gianluca - 2022

How do immigrants promote exports? To answer this question we propose a unified empirical framework allowing to identify and disentangle the main mechanisms put forth in the literature: the role of networks in reducing bilateral transaction costs, and the productivity shifts arising from...

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On the pro-trade effects of immigrants

Bratti, Massimiliano; De Benedictis, Luca; Santoni, Gianluca - 2012

the areal unit, we find a positive association between immigrants' stocks and both export and import flows, in line with …

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Taking the leap : the determinants of entrepreneurs hiring their first employee

Fairlie, Robert W.; Miranda, Javier - 2016

Job creation is one of the most important aspects of entrepreneurship, but we know relatively little about the hiring patterns and decisions of startups. Longitudinal data from the Integrated Longitudinal Business Database (iLBD), Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS), and the Growing America through...

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The impact of COVID-19 on small business owners : evidence of early-stage losses from the April 2020 Current Population Survey

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2020

Social distancing restrictions and demand shifts from COVID-19 are expected to shutter many small businesses, but there is very little early evidence on impacts. This paper provides the first analysis of impacts of the pandemic on the number of active small businesses in the United States using...

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Entrepreneurship, self-employment and business data : an introduction to several large, nationally-representative datasets

Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia M. - 2009

Only a few large, nationally-representative datasets include information on both the owner and the business. We briefly describe several of the most respected and up-to-date sources of data on entrepreneurs, the self-employed, and small businesses. More information including estimates of recent...

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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises

Mel, Suresh de; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2009

Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...

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The demand for, and consequences of, formalization among informal firms in Sri Lanka

De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012

The majority of firms in most developing countries are informal. We conducted a field experiment in Sri Lanka which provided incentives for informal firms to formalize. Offering only information about the registration process and reimbursement for direct registration costs had no impact on...

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Returns to capital in microenterprises : evidence from a field experiment

De Mel, Suresh (contributor); McKenzie, David J. (contributor) - 2007

Small and informal firms account for a large share of employment in developing countries. The rapid expansion of microfinance services is based on the belief that these firms have productive investment opportunities and can enjoy high returns to capital if given the opportunity. However,...

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Are women more credit constrained? : experimental evidence on gender and microenterprise returns

Mel, Suresh de (contributor); McKenzie, David J. (contributor) - 2008

In a recent randomized experiment we found mean returns to capital of between 5 and 6 percent per month in Sri Lankan microenterprises, much higher than market interest rates. But returns were found to be much higher among men than among women, and indeed were not different from zero for women....

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