Artikel

Immigrants and entrepreneurship

Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many countries have established special visas and entry requirements to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Research supports some of these stances, but expectations may be too high. There is no strong evidence that self-employment is an effective tool of upward economic mobility among low-skilled immigrants. More broadly prioritizing high-skilled immigrants may prove to be more successful than focusing on entrepreneurship.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2019 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Demographic Economics: Public Policy
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Entrepreneurship
New Firms; Startups
Thema
entrepreneurship
self-employment
innovation
immigrants
immigration

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Lofstrom, Magnus
Wang, Chunbei
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2019

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.85.v2
Handle
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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Lofstrom, Magnus
  • Wang, Chunbei
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2019

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