Supply of immigrant entrepreneurs and native entrepreneurship

Using nationally representative data from the United States, the author estimates the causal impact of immigrant entrepreneurship on entrepreneurial propensities of natives. The author draws data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey and uses within-state va...

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Autor principal: Ghimire Keshar M.
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Publicado: Sciendo 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:329e5e39eb884754a634556fed86da052021-12-05T14:11:07ZSupply of immigrant entrepreneurs and native entrepreneurship2520-178610.2478/izajodm-2021-0004https://doaj.org/article/329e5e39eb884754a634556fed86da052021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2021-0004https://doaj.org/toc/2520-1786Using nationally representative data from the United States, the author estimates the causal impact of immigrant entrepreneurship on entrepreneurial propensities of natives. The author draws data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey and uses within-state variation in supply of immigrant entrepreneurs for identification. To address concerns of endogeneity in the supply of immigrant entrepreneurs, the author takes advantage of a quasi-experiment provided by the State Children's Health Insurance Program. While the Ordinary Least Squares estimates indicate a positive effect, the Two Stage Least Squares estimates suggest that, on average, there is no significant effect of immigrant entrepreneurs on native entrepreneurship. Moreover, there is no net effect on subgroups of natives separated by skill level. There is also some evidence that immigrant entrepreneurs may “crowd-in” Blacks into certain types of self-employment. These results are in contrast to the significant negative impact suggested by the previous literature.Ghimire Keshar M.Sciendoarticleentrepreneurshipimmigrationself-employmentincorporated and unincorporated businessesstate children's health insurance programj61f22l26Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migrationJV1-9480City population. Including children in cities, immigrationHT201-221ENIZA Journal of Development and Migration, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 57-82 (2021)
institution DOAJ
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language EN
topic entrepreneurship
immigration
self-employment
incorporated and unincorporated businesses
state children's health insurance program
j61
f22
l26
Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
JV1-9480
City population. Including children in cities, immigration
HT201-221
spellingShingle entrepreneurship
immigration
self-employment
incorporated and unincorporated businesses
state children's health insurance program
j61
f22
l26
Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
JV1-9480
City population. Including children in cities, immigration
HT201-221
Ghimire Keshar M.
Supply of immigrant entrepreneurs and native entrepreneurship
description Using nationally representative data from the United States, the author estimates the causal impact of immigrant entrepreneurship on entrepreneurial propensities of natives. The author draws data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey and uses within-state variation in supply of immigrant entrepreneurs for identification. To address concerns of endogeneity in the supply of immigrant entrepreneurs, the author takes advantage of a quasi-experiment provided by the State Children's Health Insurance Program. While the Ordinary Least Squares estimates indicate a positive effect, the Two Stage Least Squares estimates suggest that, on average, there is no significant effect of immigrant entrepreneurs on native entrepreneurship. Moreover, there is no net effect on subgroups of natives separated by skill level. There is also some evidence that immigrant entrepreneurs may “crowd-in” Blacks into certain types of self-employment. These results are in contrast to the significant negative impact suggested by the previous literature.
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title Supply of immigrant entrepreneurs and native entrepreneurship
title_short Supply of immigrant entrepreneurs and native entrepreneurship
title_full Supply of immigrant entrepreneurs and native entrepreneurship
title_fullStr Supply of immigrant entrepreneurs and native entrepreneurship
title_full_unstemmed Supply of immigrant entrepreneurs and native entrepreneurship
title_sort supply of immigrant entrepreneurs and native entrepreneurship
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