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Self-employed immigrants: an analysis of recent data

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  • Maude Toussaint-Comeau

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This article identifies the factors that influence the self- employment decision for U.S. immigrants, including human capital, years in the U.S., geographic concentration, and labor market characteristics.

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  • Maude Toussaint-Comeau, 2005. "Self-employed immigrants: an analysis of recent data," Chicago Fed Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, issue Apr.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedhle:y:2005:i:apr:n:213
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    1. Sylvie Paré & Ralph Christian Maloumby-Baka, 2015. "The Role of Public-Third Sector Relationships in Solving Social Issues: the Case of One-Stop-Shop Service for the Promotion of Female Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Montreal," Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, Centre for Strategic and International Entrepreneurship at the Cracow University of Economics., vol. 3(3), pages 123-141.
    2. Yuri Ostrovsky & Garnett Picot & Danny Leung, 2019. "The financing of immigrant-owned firms in Canada," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 52(1), pages 303-317, January.
    3. Jelena Stankevičienė & Marek Szarucki, 2015. "Editorial: Dilemmas of Modern Economy and Business," Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, Centre for Strategic and International Entrepreneurship at the Cracow University of Economics., vol. 3(4), pages 7-9.
    4. A. Arrighetti & G. Foresti & S. Fumagalli & A. Lasagni, 2018. "Are Migrant Firms Actually Different From Native Firms?," Economics Department Working Papers 2018-EP05, Department of Economics, Parma University (Italy).
    5. Bárbara J. Robles & Héctor Cordero-Guzmán, 2007. "Latino Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship in the United States: An Overview of the Literature and Data Sources," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 613(1), pages 18-31, September.
    6. Nonna Kushnirovich & Sibylle Heilbrunn, 2008. "Financial Funding Of Immigrant Businesses," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(02), pages 167-184.
    7. Sibylle Heilbrunn & Nonna Kushnirovich, 2007. "Immigrant and indigenous enterprises: similarities and differences," International Journal of Business Performance Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 9(3), pages 344-361.

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    Immigrants; Self-employed;

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