There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success.
There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success.
The authors provide an in-depth examination of how the supply of productive entrepreneurship is likely to be affected by the kind of tax and welfare arrangements that may prevail in a mature welfare state. It is argued that the Swedish welfare state early on chose a specific “Swedish Model” of trying to combine ambitious welfare programs and a high tax burden with good opportunities for economic growth.
Based on an extensive data set (cross-section) on commuting flows in Germany, this paper aims to identify the relationship between entrepreneurial activity and spatial labour markets, by employing in particular the concept of entrepreneurial city.
A sample of four-month-old start-ups echoes this finding: as many as 87 percent of new entrepreneurs expect to survive at least three years in business, whereas the actual statistical survival rate is around 60 percent.
This paper discusses three related research projects that used the Business Information Tracking Series (BITS). The purpose of the report is to demonstrate the importance and usability of large micro databases such as the BITS that cover almost all U.S. private sector businesses, and track their employment and firm ownership annually from 1988 through 2001.
The conference proceedings from the Office of Advocacy, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship focus on public policy issues as they pertain to entrepreneurs around the world. In the sessions, participants learned about the costs of entry for a new firm, work force challenges, regulatory burdens, the importance of technology transfer and innovation, and small business financing issues from a wide variety of global experts.
The conference proceedings from the Office of Advocacy, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship focus on public policy issues as they pertain to entrepreneurs around the world. In the sessions, participants learned about the costs of entry for a new firm, work force challenges, regulatory burdens, the importance of technology transfer and innovation, and small business financing issues from a wide variety of global experts.
The conference proceedings from the Office of Advocacy, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship focus on public policy issues as they pertain to entrepreneurs around the world. In the sessions, participants learned about the costs of entry for a new firm, work force challenges, regulatory burdens, the importance of technology transfer and innovation, and small business financing issues from a wide variety of global experts.
This report examines whether computer ownership
in the home influences self-employment or entrepreneurship or the types of businesses created by entrepreneurs. Trends over the past two decades provide evidence of a positive relationship between home computers and entrepreneurship.