-stage structural probit model is employed that determines the willingness to work full-time (against part-time employment and not … working), and the choice between full-time paid work and self-employment. The choices are determined by the reservation wage … for full-time work, and the perceived earnings from working in paid-employment and as entrepreneur, among other factors …

This paper examines ethnicity among highly skilled immigrants to the United States. The paper focuses on five classic … components of ethnicity – country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion – among persons admitted to legal permanent …. India dominates EB-2 and European countries EB-1. (2) The ethnicity portfolio contains more languages than religions. (3 …

In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained …

nonminority white female entrepreneurs and slightly less than observationally similar Latinas in wage/salary work. …

substantial differences in the role of self-employment among low-skilled workers across gender and nativity – women and immigrants …

find a decrease in wage work in both rural and urban areas. However, women living in rural areas and affected by migration … are much more likely to be employed in non-wage activities (i.e. unpaid family work) and subsistence work compared to …

model estimates show that mothers who choose self-employment do not work fewer working hours than those in gainful …