The predicted earnings differential and immigrant self-employment in Sweden

被引：45
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作者：
Hammarstedt, M [1 ]
机构：
[1] Vaxjo Univ, Ctr Labour Market Policy Res, SE-35195 Vaxjo, Sweden
来源：
APPLIED ECONOMICS | 2006年 / 38卷 / 06期
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D O I：
10.1080/00036840500397069
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This paper investigates the influence of the predicted earnings differential between self-employment and wage-employment on self-employment propensities among immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants from non-European countries have essentially lower earnings from self-employment and wage-employment than immigrants from European countries. It is found that the difference between an immigrant's predicted earnings in self-and wage-employment has a strong influence on an immigrant's self-employment decision. A one unit increase in the log differential between self-employment and wage-employment earnings increase the self-employment rate among immigrants by about 5 percentage points, suggesting that discriminatory wages in the wage-employment sector may push immigrants towards self-employment.
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页码：619 / 630
页数：12
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