We study the assimilation of ethnic minority individuals to the native labor market and the impact of integration … policies on assimilation. In our model, ethnic individuals choose between 1. entrepreneurship, 2. assimilating to the native … of assimilation to the native labor market, there will be more ethnic entrepreneurs and more workers hired in the ethnic …

This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self …