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 …

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

attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are … immigrant entrepreneurs' contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in …

attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has … fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are … immigrant entrepreneurs’ contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in …

entrepreneurship, we develop a simple model that explains immigrant self-employment rates for a sample of 2,490 Swiss municipalities … and immigrant pool characteristics differ, with respect to self-employment choices, when examining separately urban and …