Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- 1. A Macro View of Hispanic Self-Employment in the 2000s -- 2. Entrepreneurial Earnings of Hispanics in the 2000s -- 3. Hispanic-Immigrant Entrepreneurs -- 4. Education and Hispanic Entrepreneurs -- 5. Hispanic Female Entrepreneurs --...

Employing U.S. Census data, this study analyzes how English-language fluency affected the earnings of self-employed immigrant men in the 1980s. Our results suggest that English proficiency became a more important determinant of earnings for foreign-born entrepreneurs in 1990 compared with 1980,...

Hispanics account for more than half the population growth in the United States over the last decade. With this surge has come a dramatic spike in the number of Hispanic-owned businesses. Hispanic Entrepreneurs in the 2000s is a pioneering study of this nascent demographic. Drawing on rich...

Explores the rate of self-employment among Mexicanimmigrants living in U.S. cities along the U.S.-Mexico border. Data used inthis analysis were obtained from the 5% Integrated Public Use Microdata Series(IPUMS) of the 2000 U.S. Census. The border region is defined asthe eightidentifiable...