Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new … employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of …

economic activity in the form of higher entrepreneurship. Using administrative census data linked to the complete formal … created include both employer and non-employer firms and are relatively low on assets. In panel data specifications, the …

Why do levels of entrepreneurship differ across America's cities? This paper presents basic facts on two measures of … entrepreneurship: the self-employment rate and the number of small firms. Both of these measures are correlated with urban success … entrepreneurship is linked to a large number of small firms in supplying industries. Finally, there is a strong connection between area …

administrative firm-level panel data covering the universe of businesses filing sales taxes from the California Department of Tax and …

substantial differences in future economic outcomes. Using Census Bureau data, we characterize the different career profiles of …

We examine how wealth windfalls affect self-employment decisions using data on cash payments from claims on Texas shale …