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Immigrant Entrepreneurship : New Estimates and a Research Agenda
Chodavadia, Saheel; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544679
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Age at Immigrant Arrival and Career Mobility : Evidence from Vietnamese Refugee Migration and the Amerasian Homecoming Act
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Smith, Kendall E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
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 culminated in the Amerasian Homecoming Act....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468267
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The Transformation of Self Employment
Colaiacovo, Innessa; Dalton, Margaret G.; Pekkala Kerr, Sari - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
self-employment to 23%. This same time period also witnessed declines in "hometown" local entrepreneurship and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938694
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Community Entrepreneurship in Deprived Neighbourhoods: Comparing UK Community Enterprises with US Community Development Corporations
Varady, David P.; Kleinhans, Reinout; van Ham, Maarten - 2015
CEs can learn from CDCs. In the context of the current austerity regimes, CEs and community entrepreneurship are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481672
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Community Entrepreneurship in Deprived Neighbourhoods: Comparing UK Community Enterprises with US Community Development Corporations
Varady, David P.; Kleinhans, Reinout; van Ham, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
CEs can learn from CDCs. In the context of the current austerity regimes, CEs and community entrepreneurship are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125877