Testing the home-country self-employment hypothesis on immigrants in Sweden

被引：22
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作者：
Hammarstedt, Mats [1 ]
Shukur, Ghazi [1 ]
机构：
[1] Vaxjo Univ, Ctr Labour Market Policy Res, CAFO, SE-35195 Vaxjo, Sweden
来源：
APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2009年 / 16卷 / 07期
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D O I：
10.1080/13504850701221907
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This article tests the home-country self-employment hypothesis on immigrants in Sweden. The results show that the self-employment rates vary between different immigrant groups but we find no support for the home-country self-employment hypothesis using traditional estimation methods. However, when applying quantile regression method we find such evidence when testing results from the 90th quantile. This indicates that home-country self-employment traditions are important for the self-employment decision among immigrant groups with high self-employment rates in Sweden. Furthermore, the result underlines the importance of utilizing robust estimation methods when the home-country self-employment hypothesis is tested.
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