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The effect of immigration on native self-employment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Meyer, Bruce D. - In: Journal of labor economics 21 (2003) 3, pp. 619-650
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The Effect of Immigration on Native Self-Employment
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2000
. However, the impact of immigration on natives in self-employment has not been examined, despite the over-representation of … of plausible parameter values, the model predicts small negative effects of immigration on native self-employment rates … and earnings. Using 1980 and 1990 Census microdata, we then examine the relationship between changes in immigration and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471214
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The Effect of Immigration on Native Self-Employment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Meyer, Bruce D. - 2021
. However, the impact of immigration on natives in self-employment has not been examined, despite the over-representation of … of plausible parameter values, the model predicts small negative effects of immigration on native self-employment rates … and earnings. Using 1980 and 1990 Census microdata, we then examine the relationship between changes in immigration and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214587
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Self-employment and earnings among high-skilled immigrants in the United States
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of high-skilled immigrants relative to high-skilled natives. Immigrants are found to be more likely to be working in one of the high-skilled occupations than natives, but the gap between the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336868
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Education and self-employment : South Asian immigrants in the US labor market
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal; Roy, Sanjukta - 2014
immigration in the United States (using IPUMS Data), which the related literature has clearly neglected thus far despite long …% less chance of being self-employed than one without. In addition, we show that factors such as longer stay in USA and being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350863
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Coming to America : Does Immigrant's Home Country Economic Status Impact the Probability of Self-Employment in the U.S.?
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2009
This paper examines the impact of home country economic status on immigrant self-employment probability in the U.S. We estimate a probability model and find that, consistent across race, immigrants from developed countries are more likely to be self-employed in the U.S than are immigrants from...
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Self-employment and labor market risks
Audoly, Richard - 2024
I study the labor market risks associated with being self-employed. I document that the self-employed are subject to larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given the self-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486975
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Self-employment and labor market risks
Audoly, Richard - 2024
I study the labor market risks associated with being self-employed. I document that the self-employed are subject to larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given that the self-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464421
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Recent trends in the earnings of new immigrants to the United States
Borjas, George J.; Friedberg, Rachel M. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003892900
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Recent trends in the earnings of new immigrants to the United States
Borjas, George J.; Friedberg, Rachel M. - 2009
arrivals, can account for only a small portion of it. The upturn appears to have been caused in part by a shift in immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897860