Self-employment is an important aspect of the immigrant experience in the labor market. Self-employment rates for immigrants exceed 15 percent for some national groups. This paper addresses three related questions on the self-employment experience of immigrants. First, how do self-employment rates of immigrants compare to those of native-born men? Second, is there an "assimilation" effect on the self-employment propensity of immigrants? Finally, are the more recent waves of immigrants facing different self-employment opportunities than the earlier waves? Using the 1970 and 1980 U.S. Censuses, the analysis shows that indeed self-employment rates of immigrants exceed those of native-born men; that there is a strong, positive impact of assimil...
This dissertation consists of two essays on immigrant entrepreneurship. In the first essay I examin...
This paper uses individual panel data for all self-employed in the retail and service sectors to stu...
The paper investigates the relation between overeducation and self-employment, in a comparative anal...
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self...
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of ...
This study examines the role of immigrants ’ country of origin, country of destination and combinati...
'This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of...
A rapidly growing literature examines the impact of immigrants on the labor market outcomes of nativ...
The main goal of this paper is to see the trends self-employment behavior of natives and immigrants ...
This paper attempts to explain high rates of immigrant self-employment, relative to native workers. ...
This article identifies the factors that influence the self- employment decision for U.S. immigrants...
This paper investigates the effect of entrepreneurial spirit on immigrant entrepreneurship in the Un...
This research examines the impact of home country’s economic status on immigrant self-employment pro...
The literature review on immigrant’s self-employment activities has limited the debate around the le...
This paper is a study of exit rates from self-employment among immigrants in Sweden. A survey was ad...
This dissertation consists of two essays on immigrant entrepreneurship. In the first essay I examin...
This paper uses individual panel data for all self-employed in the retail and service sectors to stu...
The paper investigates the relation between overeducation and self-employment, in a comparative anal...
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self...
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of ...
This study examines the role of immigrants ’ country of origin, country of destination and combinati...
'This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of...
A rapidly growing literature examines the impact of immigrants on the labor market outcomes of nativ...
The main goal of this paper is to see the trends self-employment behavior of natives and immigrants ...
This paper attempts to explain high rates of immigrant self-employment, relative to native workers. ...
This article identifies the factors that influence the self- employment decision for U.S. immigrants...
This paper investigates the effect of entrepreneurial spirit on immigrant entrepreneurship in the Un...
This research examines the impact of home country’s economic status on immigrant self-employment pro...
The literature review on immigrant’s self-employment activities has limited the debate around the le...
This paper is a study of exit rates from self-employment among immigrants in Sweden. A survey was ad...
This dissertation consists of two essays on immigrant entrepreneurship. In the first essay I examin...
This paper uses individual panel data for all self-employed in the retail and service sectors to stu...
The paper investigates the relation between overeducation and self-employment, in a comparative anal...