This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial undertaking of immigrants and natives in Germany. We first study factors that … Socioeconomic Panel that allow us to identify and compare four distinct groups: West Germans, East Germans, guestworkers, and ethnic … Germans. We find that the probability of self-employment increases significantly with age for all groups. For immigrants, the …

immigration and absorption experience of ethnic Germans (Aussiedler) from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in Germany … after they have moved to Germany. Whereas all studies on the economic effects of migrant networks found a positive impact on … the labor market performance of ethnic Germans, the outcome of network participation with respect to social absorption is …