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Putnam (1995)'s seminal work was one of the first to describe the decline of social capital in the US after the 1960s, a period that saw a large increase in the flow of immigrants into the US. Using the Volunteer Supplement of the September Sample of the Current Population Survey (CPS) between...
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Using data on Israeli closures inside the West Bank, we provide novel evidence on the labor market effects of conflict-induced restrictions to mobility. To identify the effects we exploit the fact that the placement of physical barriers by Israel was exogenous to local labor market conditions....
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The 2004 accession of Eastern European countries to the EU has generated concerns about the influx of low-skill immigrants to those countries which did not impose restrictions to immigration, namely Ireland, Sweden, and the UK. However, there is lack of recent systematic evidence on the level of...
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each immigrant's initial labor market status. For those who are not active in any job or education, we analyze their … data and methods allow us to specify each immigrant's annual labor market status, thus also each immigrant's annual change …
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immigrants and persons without immigrant background also move towards central areas. Labour immigrants and immigrants from other … from other labour immigrants than towards central areas. Persons without immigrant background have turned from a positive …
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-specific determinants of entrepreneurship also remain relatively constant over time. Another explanation could be the existence of a … regional entrepreneurship culture. Such an entrepreneurial culture could maybe even outwear considerable 'jumps' in the … regional entrepreneurship in three different scenarios with different degrees of changes of the economic conditions. The basic …
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Several studies confirm a positive relationship between age and entrepreneurship. This paper analyses if this statement … entrepreneurship this paper further adds to existing literature by separating regions into different categories along the urban …-rural hierarchy. The results confirm the finding that entrepreneurship is a positive function of age. Individuals above 55 and 64 have …
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