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Title: Revisiting native and immigrant entrepreneurial activity
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2015
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Abstract: Entrepreneurial activity differs substantially across immigrant groups in the USA, but relating self-employment rates in the US to home-country self-employment shares has provided inconclusive results in previous studies. This paper offers new evidence on the relationship between native self-employment and the self-employment decision of immigrants and their descendants. We argue that the previous literature has neglected to account for different proxies of entrepreneurial behavior and for determinants of self-employment in the country of origin. We find mixed evidence of a significant relationship between entrepreneurial activity of US immigrants and two different measures of entrepreneurial activity in their respective countries of origin. Our findings suggest that differences in self-employment across immigrants of different origin are to some degree an expression of the behavior acquired under varying economic and institutional environments.
Url: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-015-9665-x/fulltext.html
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Authors: Lassmann, Andrea; Busch, Christian
Periodical (Full): Small Business Economics
Issue: 4
Volume: 45
Pages: 841-872
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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