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SUMMARY:Seminar by Prof. José Mata\, University of Lausanne
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. José Mata\, Université de Lausanne\n"Immigrant Entrepr
 eneurs: Country of Origin and Host Country Experience"Abstract\nImmigrants
  are widespread all over the world\, and they have a relatively high prope
 nsity to become engaged in entrepreneurship. In this presentation\, we doc
 ument the prevalence of entrepreneurship among immigrants in Portugal.  D
 efining entrepreneurships as new firms with paid employees\, we document t
 he extent to which immigrants engage in entrepreneurship as their first oc
 cupation in the labor market\, the extent to which they switch from paid e
 mployment into entrepreneurship\, and the extent to which their firms surv
 ive over time.  We compare these patterns with similar patterns for local
 s and among immigrants from different countries. Europe is the continent t
 hat is the largest destiny of migrants. Portugal is a country whose income
  per capita is below the median the Europe and has large numbers of immigr
 ants both from countries which have both and lower and higher income per c
 apita. Our evidence shows that both country of origin and the extent of ex
 perience in the host country greatly affect the extent of entrepreneurial 
 activities of immigrants.\n(based on joint work with Claudia Alves)
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