Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Just the Facts

https://www.diasporaengager.com/miniRegister Greater acceptance of immigrant entrepreneurs can boost falling rates of firm formation, create jobs for Americans and spur economic growth. The nature of research is that there are always questions to answer. But, having questions for further research doesn’t mean there are not any facts. Such is the case with immigrant entrepreneurship. Like an encyclopedia for entrepreneurship, the Kauffman Foundation-created State of the Field summarizes the current state of knowledge about various entrepreneurship topics. State of the Field’s immigration section begins with a fact: “We know that immigrants in the United States tend to be more entrepreneurial than the native-born population.” Here’s another fact: New and young businesses create nearly all of the net new jobs in the U.S. economy each year. That means if you want job creation, you want entrepreneurs. And if you want entrepreneurs, a good bet is that you’ll find them among i
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