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  • 07 May 2014
  • News

Three ways to reignite U.S. job creation

  • 22 Jul 2015
  • News

Learning from Starbucks on job creation

  • Spring 2021
  • Article

Whose Job Is It Anyway? Co-Ethnic Hiring in New U.S. Ventures

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We explore co-ethnic hiring among new ventures using U.S. administrative data. Co-ethnic hiring is ubiquitous among immigrant groups, averaging about 22.5% and ranging from <2% to >40%. Co-ethnic hiring grows with the size of the local ethnic workforce, greater... View Details
Keywords: Hiring; Job Creation; E-Verify; Immigration; Selection and Staffing; Ethnicity; Entrepreneurship
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  • 17 Jul 2012
  • News

Job creation and keeping the United States competitive

  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Whose Job Is It Anyway? Co-Ethnic Hiring in New U.S. Ventures

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We explore co-ethnic hiring among new ventures using U.S. administrative data. Co-ethnic hiring is ubiquitous among immigrant groups, averaging about 22.5% and ranging from <2% to >40%. Co-ethnic hiring grows with the size of the local ethnic workforce, greater... View Details
Keywords: Hiring; Job Creation; E-Verify; Immigration; Selection and Staffing; Ethnicity; Entrepreneurship
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  • 2011
  • Chapter

Promoting Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Job Creation

By: Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr and Stephen O'Connell
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  • 09 Apr 2014
  • News

A Playbook For Small-Business Job Creation

  • 09 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

across the country, which is centered on questions about their jobs. Will they find a well-paying job? Is their job secure? Will their children find good jobs? Will their jobs be secure? That's what I'm here... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Driving economic growth and job creation

Karen Gordon Mills (AB 1975, MBA 1977) served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as administrator of the US Small Business Administration, which is focused on economic growth and support for small businesses. In the midst of the 2009 financial crisis, Mills led... View Details
  • 05 Mar 2012
  • News

Apple's Job Creation Data Spurs an Economic Debate

  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Return on Political Investment in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004

By: Hui Chen, Katherine Gunny and Karthik Ramanna
Prior literature raises a "puzzle" of high rates of return on corporate political investment, but evidence for this puzzle is largely descriptive in nature. We exploit the setting of the American Jobs Creation Act's passage in 2004 to provide more robust estimates of... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Finance; United States
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  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

A taste of home leads to jobs creation and community improvements

created jobs and improved his community’s water system. Focusing on efficiencies to fuel growth and create jobs, Scharfman’s Specialty Cheese has doubled its workforce to 100 people over the past five years. By partnering with government... View Details
  • 30 Dec 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Return on Political Investment in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004

Keywords: by Hui Chen, Katherine Gunny & Karthik Ramanna
  • 16 Dec 2014
  • News

The Power of Market Creation

  • 01 May 2013
  • News

Jobs and Social Innovation

  • 01 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

arguing since the creation of the program more than 20 years ago: Is the program helpful or hurtful to American workers? “What's not debated is that immigrants are extremely important to innovation" The program enables US employers to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology
  • 2020
  • Article

Immigrant Entrepreneurship in America: Evidence from the Survey of Business Owners 2007 & 2012

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We study immigrant entrepreneurship in 2007 and 2012 using the Survey of Business Owners. First-generation immigrants create about 25% of new firms in America, but this share exceeds 40% in some states. Immigrant-owned firms tend to create fewer jobs than native-owned... View Details
Keywords: Job Creation; Employee Benefits; Owner Demographics; Exports; Outsourcing; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Ownership; Demographics; Jobs and Positions; Compensation and Benefits; United States
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  • January 2017 (Revised April 2019)
  • Case

The Olmos Project: Value Creation and Value Capture

By: John Macomber, Fernanda Miguel, Laura Urdapilleta and Valeria Moy
Private investment in public infrastructure can be encouraged when there are multiple avenues to capture and to share the value created by such a project. Gains in the market value of land adjacent to projects are not customarily channeled back into defraying the... View Details
Keywords: Value Capture; Infrastructure; Decision Making; Agribusiness; Value Creation; South America; Peru
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  • 28 Mar 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

the loss of jobs in manufacturing hadn't been offset by new tradable jobs involved in the creation of ideas (for example, consulting and the development of new information... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing
  • 03 Oct 2016
  • News

Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Keywords: entrepreneurship; immigration; economic growth; jobs creation; government policy