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Low-skilled immigrant entrepreneurship

Lofstrom, Magnus - 2009

-employment ; entrepreneurship …

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Latina entrepreneurship

Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy Mason - 2009

-employment ; entrepreneurship ; female ; minority ; Hispanic ; Latina …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809043

Does self-employment increase the economic well-being of low-skilled workers?

Lofstrom, Magnus - 2009

-employment. We do not find empirical evidence of similar constraints among immigrant women. -- Self-employment ; entrepreneurship …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909292

Mexican entrepreneurship : a comparison of self-employment in Mexico and the United States

Fairlie, Robert W. (contributor); … - 2006

for men, those who live in ethnic enclaves. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; Mexico ; Mexican-Americans …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003375894

African Americans ̉pursuit of self-employment

Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor); … - 2007

differences in entrepreneurship. The barriers facing aspiring entrepreneurs seeking entry into low-barrier industries differ … predicted by one's race. -- Self-employment ; entrepreneurship ; entry barriers ; African American …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591481

Mexican Entrepreneurship : A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015

Nearly a quarter of Mexico's workforce is self-employed. In the United States, however, rates of self-employment among Mexican Americans are only 6 percent, about half the rate among non-Latino whites. Using data from the Mexican and U.S. population census, we show that neither industrial...

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Determinants of Business Success : An Examination of Asian-Owned Businesses in the United States

Robb, Alicia - 2007

Using confidential and restricted-access microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we find that Asian-owned businesses are 16.9 percent less likely to close, 20.6 percent more likely to have profits of at least $10,000, and 27.2 percent more likely to hire employees than white-owned businesses in...

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Vietnamese Immigrant Entrepreneurship : A Comparison of Self-Employment in Vietnam and the United States

Opas, Teepakorn - 2021

In this paper, we examine the case of Vietnam as an example of this phenomenon. In Vietnam, the World Bank Indicators show a self-employment rate of 60% among men in 2008, whereas the United States rate is less than 15%. This wide gap between the two countries even greater than that between...

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Entrepreneurship and Survival Dynamics of Immigrants to the U.S. and Their Descendants

Georgarakos, Dimitris; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2021

Many studies have explored the determinants of entering into entrepreneurship and the differences in self …-employment rates across racial and ethnic groups. However, very little is known about the survival in entrepreneurship of immigrants to … survival probability in entrepreneurship for Mexican and other Hispanic immigrants, which does not carry on to their U …

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Self-employment and earnings among high-skilled immigrants in the United States

Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000

This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of high-skilled immigrants relative to high-skilled natives. Immigrants are found to be more likely to be working in one of the high-skilled occupations than natives, but the gap between the two...

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