Immigrant Self-Employment

Exits from immigrant self- employment

This paper is a study of exit rates from self-employment among immigrants in Sweden. A survey was administered to all immigrants who became self-employed during the period 2001–2005 and to the members of a native comparison group. The respondents were then followed up to the year 2010. Immigrants were found to have a lower propensity than natives of exiting self-employment for wage-employment b...

Networking and Immigrant Self - Employment in the United States

Selectivity and Immigrant Employment

The labor market contribution made by immigrant workers depends on their productivity, as determined by the skills and abilities of these workers and reflected in the hourly wages that they earn, but it also depends on how much they choose to work. Jointly modeling location and employment decisions turns out to have important implications for migrant selectivity. Existing microeconomic models o...

Married Immigrant Women and Employment

This study examines whether the transition probability from employment to nonemployment among married immigrant women is consistent with the Family Investment Hypothesis (FIH). A dynamic random effects model is used and the estimations are based on a longitudinal database covering the period 1990-1996. The results indicate that the relationship between the transition probability from employment...

Declining Immigrant Employment Opportunities in Scandinavia

This article compares and contrasts male immigrant labor market experiences in Sweden and Denmark during the period 1985 1995. Using register-based panel data sets from Sweden and Denmark, a picture of the employment assimilation process of immigrants from Norway, Poland, and Turkey, is brought forth. The comparative approach shows that immigrants in Sweden and Denmark experienced similar decli...