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Title: Immigrants, Self-Employment, and Growth in American Cities

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: We employ U.S. Census Bureau data from cities of 10,000 or more to examine the impact of immigrants in American cities on self-employment and median income. The results show that self-employment has a statistically significant and positive impact on median income and immigrant population. When controlling for race populations, lagged immigrant population has a negative impact on self-employment, but removing the Hispanic control causes this relationship to become statistically insignificant. In other words, Hispanics, not other ethnici-ties, drive much of the self-employment in U.S. cities. An implication is that more attention to helping Hispanic business owners succeed and expand their businesses could benefit the general population of a city.

Url: http://www.jrap-journal.org/pastvolumes/2010/v47/jrap_v47_n2_a1_carpenter_loveridge.pdf

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Authors: Carpenter, Craig Wesley; Loveridge, Scott

Periodical (Full): JRAP

Issue: 2

Volume: 47

Pages: 100-109

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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