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SUMMARY:Seminar by Prof. Yoonha Kim\, Georgetown University
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Yoonha Kim\, Georgetown University\n"Preference vs Const
 raints: Generational Transmission of Immigrant Entrepreneurship"\n\nAbstra
 ct\n Why are immigrants more likely to own businesses than natives? Some s
 cholars emphasize immigrants’ “preferences” for entrepreneurship\, w
 hile others emphasize “constraints” and the lack of non-entrepreneuria
 l alternatives in explaining the “Immigrant-Native self-employment gap
 ”. Given that labor market constraints are more readily alleviated by se
 cond-generation immigrants\, while innate preferences are more inheritable
 \, I argue that the gap should decrease for second-generation immigrants i
 f constraints dominate preferences in immigrant entrepreneurship. National
 ly representative data from the U.S. reveal the following: i) the entrepre
 neurship gap decreases for second-generation immigrants\, especially among
  ethnic groups that face greater labor market frictions\; ii) these disadv
 antaged ethnic groups make greater investment in human capital of their ch
 ildren\; and iii) conditional on entering self-employment\, second-generat
 ion immigrants are more likely to incorporate their businesses relative to
  their parents. I discuss how these results can be interpreted as how immi
 grants facilitate upward socioeconomic mobility through investments in ent
 repreneurship and human capital. \n 
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