Using recently-available data from the New Immigrant Survey, we find that previous selfemploymentexperience in an immigrant´s country of origin is an important determinant oftheir self-employment status in the U.S., increasing the probability of being self-employed byabout 7 percent...

Using unique register data for Sweden we can match self-employed persons to theiremployees. We analyze the national composition of the employees and ask if self-employedimmigrants mainly employ workers from their home region and if self-employed nativesmainly employ native workers...