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Immigrants and entrepreneurship : business ownership is higher among immigrants, but promoting self-employment is unlikely to improve outcomes for less skilled immigrants

Lofstrom, Magnus - 2014

successful than focusing on entrepreneurship. …

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Entrepreneurship and economic theory

Parker, Simon C. - In: Oxford review of economic policy 34 (2018) 4, pp. 540-564

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Low-skilled immigrant entrepreneurship

Lofstrom, Magnus - In: Review of Economics of the Household 9 (2011) 1, pp. 25-44

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Why Have Lending Programs Targeting Disadvantaged Small Business Borrowers Achieved So Little Success in the United States?

Bates, Timothy; Lofstrom, Magnus; Servon, Lisa J. - In: Economic Development Quarterly 25 (2011) 3, pp. 255-266

Small business lending programs designed to move disadvantaged low-income people into business ownership have been difficult to implement successfully in the U.S. context. Based in part on the premise that financing requirements are an entry barrier limiting the ability of aspiring entrepreneurs...

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Does self-employment increase the economic well-being of low-skilled workers?

Lofstrom, Magnus - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 4, pp. 933-952

Low-skilled workers do not fare well in today’s skill intensive economy and their opportunities continue to diminish. Utilizing data from the survey of income and program participation, this paper provides an analysis of the economic returns to business ownership among low-skilled workers and...

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African Americans’ pursuit of self-employment

Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 1, pp. 73-86

We examine causes of black/white gaps in self-employment entry rates in the United States by recognizing that industry context heavily shapes impacts of owner resource endowments on the likelihood of successful entry. Barriers to entry, briefly stated, are high in some lines of business and low...

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Latina entrepreneurship

Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy - In: Small Business Economics 33 (2009) 4, pp. 427-439

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Risk, balanced skills and entrepreneurship

Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 48 (2017) 2, pp. 287-302

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The economics of entrepreneurship

Parker, Simon C. - 2018 - Second edition

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Entrepreneurship in recession

Parker, Simon C. - 2011

This title discusses the role of entrepreneurship in recessions. Simon Parker has selected the key contributions in the … this process. A central theme is the contribution of entrepreneurship to the creation and propagation of business cycles. A … recessions, namely unemployment. The book will be a useful resource for scholars and policy-makers interested in entrepreneurship …

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