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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 … are immigrants. We utilize the Annual Business Survey to quantify the greater rates of patenting and innovation in …
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We study the long-run career mobility of young immigrants, mostly refugees, from Vietnam who moved to the United States … during 1989-1995. This third and final migration wave of young Vietnamese immigrants was sparked by unexpected events that … young vs. older immigrants, and we quantify explanatory factors like education, language fluency, and persistence from …
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Migration is a key mechanism through which local labor markets adjust to economic shocks. In this paper, we analyze the migration response of American workers to two of the most important shocks that hit US manufacturing since the 1990s: Chinese import competition and the introduction of...
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Two million Mexicans were granted lawful permanent residency in the U.S. under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). We find that occupation and program use variables in a prominent proxy for legal status poorly detect this event. A decade after legalization, the share of...
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-existing networks of immigrants to construct an instrument for immigration across Korean municipalities, we find that locations …
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Exploitation of disruptive technologies often requires resource deployment that creates conflict if there are divergent beliefs regarding the efficacy of a new technology. This arises when a visionary agent has more optimistic beliefs about a technological opportunity. Exploration in the form of...
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We examine the impact of local racial demonstrations, such as Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests, and the subsequent racial justice movement following the death of George Floyd on racial disparities in Paycheck Protection Program loan disbursements to small businesses. Using...
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into U.S. neighborhoods with no coffee shops increased entrepreneurship. We find that, when compared to census tracts that …
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underrepresented founders. The article ends with an extensive set of research ideas motivated by the gaps in the entrepreneurship …
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, we find that 6% of Republicans and 4% of Democrats become entrepreneurs. This partisan entrepreneurship gap is time …-varying: Republicans increase their relative entrepreneurship during Republican administrations and decrease it during Democratic … entrepreneurship around the elections of President Obama and President Trump, and the strongest effects among the most politically …
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