Immigrant entrepreneurs are critical to regional and national economies. Immigrants in the USA have higher self …, we document that immigrant self-employment rates vary considerably across areas of the USA. Our main measure is the … other areas of the USA. This relationship holds for numerous sub-samples of immigrants and is not driven by any particular …

; entrepreneurship …

attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are … immigrant entrepreneurs’ contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in …

attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are … immigrant entrepreneurs' contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in …

successful than focusing on entrepreneurship. …

entrepreneurship on entrepreneurial propensities of natives. The author draws data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of … entrepreneurs on native entrepreneurship. Moreover, there is no net effect on subgroups of natives separated by skill level. There …

Do more risk loving migrants opt for self-employment? We use a novel vignette-adjusted measure of risk preferences to … investigate the link between risk aversion and entrepreneurship in migrant communities. Using an original representative household … aversion and entrepreneurship. Our results show that the use of vignettes improves the significance of the results, as they …

, self-employment and entrepreneurship plays an important role, and in particular new venture creation by women. This chapter … aims to provide a snapshot on female entrepreneurship in Germany, with a focus on female immigrant entrepreneurship. We … analyze female immigrant entrepreneurship against its historical background as well as in the light of the recent ‘European …