This paper examines the impact of home country economic status on immigrant self-employment probability in the U.S. We … born White Americans, whereas immigrant from developed countries have significantly higher self-employment probabilities … have an informational advantage over immigrants from developing countries. -- Self-employment ; immigrant ; home country …

This paper examines the impact of home country economic status on immigrant self-employment probability in the U.S. We … born White Americans, whereas immigrant from developed countries have significantly higher self-employment probabilities …

Using nationally representative data from the United States, the author estimates the causal impact of immigrant … entrepreneurship on entrepreneurial propensities of natives. The author draws data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of … the Current Population Survey and uses within-state variation in supply of immigrant entrepreneurs for identification. To …

Immigrant entrepreneurs are critical to regional and national economies. Immigrants in the USA have higher self …, we document that immigrant self-employment rates vary considerably across areas of the USA. Our main measure is the … percentage of immigrant workers in an area who are self-employed; i.e., the self- employment rate for the foreign-born. Areas …

-employed in the sample reduces the immigrant-native earnings gap by, on average, 14 percent …

Using recently-available data from the New Immigrant Survey, we find that previous self-employment experience in an … immigrant's country of origin is an important determinant of their self-employment status in the U.S., increasing the …-employment has a significant effect on U.S. wages in either paid employment or self employment. -- Self-employment ; entrepreneurship …

countries have established special visas and entry requirements to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Research supports some of … successful than focusing on entrepreneurship. …