The comparison of incomes of self-employed and salaried workers among German Nationals and immigrants
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Keywords
Entrepreneurship; self-employment; Occupational Choice; immigrants; Wage Differentials;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2005-12-09 (European Economics)
- NEP-ENT-2005-12-09 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-LAB-2005-12-09 (Labour Economics)
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