TY  - BOOK
AU  - Azoulay,Pierre
AU  - Jones,Benjamin
AU  - Kim,J.Daniel
AU  - Miranda,Javier
ED  - National Bureau of Economic Research.
TI  - Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the United States
T2  - NBER working paper series
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - National Bureau of Economic Research
N1  - September 2020; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
N2  - Immigration can expand labor supply and create greater competition for native-born workers. But immigrants may also start new firms, expanding labor demand. This paper uses U.S. administrative data and other data resources to study the role of immigrants in entrepreneurship. We ask how often immigrants start companies, how many jobs these firms create, and how these firms compare with those founded by U.S.-born individuals. A simple model provides a measurement framework for addressing the dual roles of immigrants as founders and workers. The findings suggest that immigrants act more as "job creators" than "job takers" and that non-U.S. born founders play outsized roles in U.S. high-growth entrepreneurship
UR  - https://www.nber.org/papers/w27778
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w27778
ER  -