The Effect of Immigration on Native Self-Employment
Abstract
We examine the impact of immigration on self-employed natives. In a new general equilibrium model of self-employment and wage/salary work, a range of plausible parameter values implies small negative effects of immigration on native self-employment rates and earnings. Using 1980 and 1990 Census microdata, we then examine the relationship between changes in immigration and native self-employment rates and earnings across 132 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas. We find evidence suggesting that self-employed immigrants displace self-employed natives but do not have a negative effect on native self-employment earnings. The effects are much larger than those predicted by the theoretical model.Download Info
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Article provided by University of Chicago Press in its journal Journal of Labor Economics.
Volume (Year): 21 (2003)
Issue (Month): 3 (July)
Pages: 619-650
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- Robert W. Fairlie & Bruce D. Meyer, 2000. "The Effect of Immigration on Native Self-Employment," NBER Working Papers 7561, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Robert W. Fairlie & Bruce D. Meyer, . "The Effect of Immigration on Native Self-Employment," IPR working papers 00-2, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University.
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
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