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Title: Returns from Self-Employment: Using Human Capital Theory to Compare U.S. Natives and Immigrants

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Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: The focus of this paper is to examine the economic returns from self-employment when comparing natives and immigrants. I hypothesize that returns from self-employment will increase with age and education, and that immigrants from China, India, and the Philippines will have higher returns while immigrants from Mexico will have lower returns than natives. I also hypothesize that immigrants with high levels of education will earn more than natives with the same amount of education. The OLS regressions show that human capital variables explain the differences in self-employed income between natives and immigrants, as the literature suggests.

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Authors: Popovic, Nikola

Periodical (Full): Undergraduate Economic Review

Issue: 1

Volume: 8

Pages: 1-15

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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