%D 2007
%I Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration
%L discovery14252
%T The persistence of self-employment across borders: new evidence on legal immigrants to the United States
%X Using recently-available data from the New Immigrant Survey, we find that previous self-employment experience in an immigrant’s country of origin is an important
determinant of their self-employment status in the U.S., increasing the probability of being self-employed by about 7 percent. Our results improve on the previous literature by measuring home-country self-employment directly rather than relying on proxy measures. We find little evidence to suggest that home-country self employment has a significant effect on U.S. wages in either paid employment or self employment.
%A R. Kekoa Quinones Akee
%A D.A. Jaeger
%A K. Tatsiramos
%K J61, J21
%S Discussion Paper Series
%N 17/07
%C London, UK