Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/110797 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5298
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, a large body of research on immigrant entrepreneurship has developed over the years. In this chapter we provide an overview of the economics literature with respect to some of the most fundamental immigrant entrepreneurship issues as well as the empirical methods and data used. The main themes we address are immigrant entrepreneurs’ contributions to the economy, entrepreneurship differences across groups and group differences in entrepreneurial success.
Subjects: 
entrepreneurship
self-employment
innovation
immigrants
immigration
JEL: 
J15
J18
J31
J38
J61
L26
M13
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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