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For each theme, you will find an overview of the research, executive summaries and the research papers themselves.
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April 17, 2012
Choice or Necessity: Do Immigrants and Their Children Choose Self-employment for the Same Reasons?
By Teresa Abada, Feng Hou, and Yuqian Lu
In the last few decades, immigrant entrepreneurship has become an important feature of labour markets in many industrialized countries. Immigrants are disproportionately represented in self-employment as compared to the domestic-born. While the burgeoning research on self-employment among immigrants underscores its importance with respect to immigrant economic integration, most studies have focused on adult immigrants. Little is known about what motivates the children of immigrants to become entrepreneurs and whether they are subject to the same forces as their parents in choosing self-employment.
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April 16, 2012
Bosses of Their Own: Are Children of Immigrants More Likely than Their Parents to Be Self-Employed?
By Feng Hou, Teresa Abada, and Yuqian Lu
Self-employment is often considered to be an important aspect of the economic integration of immigrants. Some immigrants engage in self-employment in order to overcome limited employment opportunities and low returns to their foreign-acquired skills, while others enter self-employment as a means to implement their business ideas, gain flexibility, and seek higher earnings. Most studies of immigration and self-employment have focused on first-generation immigrants—that is, individuals born abroad. Consequently, little is known about the pathways to self-employment among the children of immigrants or about the role that self-employment plays in their labour market outcomes. It is worthwhile addressing this issue for the purpose of better understanding the role that self-employment plays in the long-term economic integration of immigrants and that of their children.
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