Work

Immigrant Entrepreneurship

Year: 2016

Type: report

Abstract: We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to native-founded companies.Our work quantifies immigrant contributions to new firm creation in a wide variety of fields and using multiple definitions.While significant research effort has gone into understanding the economic impact of immigration into the United States, comprehensive data for quantifying immigrant entrepreneurship are difficult to assemble.We combine several restricted-access U.S. Census Bureau data sets to create a unique longitudinal data platform that covers 1992-2008 and many states.We describe differences in the types of businesses initially formed by immigrants and their medium-term growth patterns.We also consider the relationship of these outcomes to the immigrants' age at arrival to the United States.

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w22385

Authors: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William Kerr

Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard University, Wellesley College

Language: English

Topic: Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Wellesley College, Harvard Business School

OpenAlex ID: W4243370054

Cites: 78

Cited by: 106

Related to: 10