Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62439 
Kompletter Metadatensatz
DublinCore-FeldWertSprache
dc.contributor.authorDuleep, Harriet Orcutten
dc.contributor.authorJaeger, David A.en
dc.contributor.authorRegets, Marken
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-10-
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-14T11:06:10Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-14T11:06:10Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/62439-
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes the theoretical underpinnings and provides empirical evidence for a model that predicts a positive impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by being willing and able to invest in new skills. At the heart of this theoretical prediction is the observation that human capital not immediately valued in the U.S. labor market is useful for learning new skills. Because immigrants face a lower opportunity cost of investing in new skills or methods, this transfer of source-specific skills to the U.S. may lead immigrants to be more flexible in their human capital investments than observationally equivalent natives. Areas with large numbers of immigrants (even if they are not self-employed) may prove to be areas in which entrepreneurship and innovation are easier to accomplish. Our theory offers a unique perspective on the contributions of immigrants to economic development beyond traditional perspectives that focus on low-cost immigrant labor or immigrant entrepreneurship.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x6677en
dc.subject.jelJ15en
dc.subject.jelJ24en
dc.subject.jelJ39en
dc.subject.jelJ61en
dc.subject.jelL26en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordimmigrationen
dc.subject.keywordinnovationen
dc.subject.keywordentrepreneurshipen
dc.subject.keywordhuman capital investmenten
dc.subject.keywordskill transferabilityen
dc.subject.keywordopportunity costen
dc.subject.keywordlearning transferabilityen
dc.subject.stwMigrantenen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmeren
dc.subject.stwInnovationen
dc.subject.stwBildungsinvestitionen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleHow immigration may affect US native entrepreneurship: Theoretical building blocks and preliminary results-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn719124883en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
320.85 kB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.