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The Self-Employment of Immigrants and Natives in Sweden
Ohlsson, Henrik; Broomé, Per; Bevelander, Pieter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Earlier studies on entrepreneurship and self-employment among immigrants call attention to the fact that also the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568275
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Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329195
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What makes an entrepreneur and does it pay? : Native men, turks, and other migrants in Germany
Constant, Amelie F.; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - 2003
This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272292
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Immigrant versus Native Businesswomen : Proclivity and Performance
Constant, Amelie F. - 2004
Career positions in German economic life are still male-dominated, and the driving forces behind success are not yet well understood. This paper contributes to a better understanding by classifying success stories in self-employment and business careers, and by investigating differences between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272295
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The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany : Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2004
This paper uses a state of the art three-stage technique to identify the characteristics of the self-employed immigrant and native men in Germany and to understand their underlying drive into self-employment. Employing data from the German Socioeconomic Panel 2000 release we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272299
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Too Cold to Venture There? January Temperature and Immigrant Self-Employment across the United States
Lee, Jun Yeong; Winters, John V. - 2021
Immigrant entrepreneurs are critical to regional and national economies. Immigrants in the USA have higher self-employment rates than natives, and immigrants have made outsized contributions as founders of numerous highly successful firms. However, we document that immigrant self-employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882517
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Entrepreneurial ventures and wage differentials between Germans and immigrants
Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan - 2003
This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial undertaking of immigrants and natives in Germany. We first study factors that affect the sorting of individuals into self-employment and then we investigate whether self-employment has a differential effect on the wages of individual workers and can lead...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282471
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Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735636
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Self‐Employment amongst Migrant Groups in England and Wales: New Evidence from Census Microdata
Clark, Ken; Drinkwater, Stephen; Robinson, Catherine - 2015
Self‐employment constitutes a vital part of the economy since entrepreneurs can provide not only employment for themselves but also for others. The link between self‐employment and immigration is, however, complex since self‐employment can be viewed as both a haven from the paid labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401810
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Immigrants' employment outcomes over the business cycle
Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - 2010
Immigrants have figured prominently in U.S. economic growth for decades, but the recent recession hit them hard. Immigrants' labor market outcomes began deteriorating even before the recession was officially underway, largely as a result of the housing bust. An analysis of employment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278349