Too Cold to Venture There? January Temperature and Immigrant Self-Employment across the United States
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Jun Yeong | |
dc.contributor.author | Winters, John | |
dc.contributor.department | Economics | |
dc.contributor.department | Economics AG | |
dc.contributor.other | Center for Agricultural and Rural Development | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-13T18:48:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-13T18:48:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-12-13 | |
dc.description.abstract | Immigrant entrepreneurs are critical to regional and national economies. Immigrants in the USA have higher self-employment rates than natives, and immigrants have made outsized contributions as founders of numerous highly successful firms. However, we document that immigrant self-employment rates vary considerably across areas of the USA. Our main measure is the percentage of immigrant workers in an area who are self-employed; i.e., the self-employment rate for the foreign-born. Areas with colder winter temperatures have especially low self-employment rates among their immigrant populations compared to other areas of the USA. This relationship holds for numerous sub-samples of immigrants and is not driven by any particular group. The relationship persists after controlling for numerous individual and local area characteristics. Immigrant entrepreneurs appear to be especially forward-looking and responsive to warmer January temperature as a locational amenity. The results have important implications about the location choices of immigrant entrepreneurs. | |
dc.description.comments | JEL Classification: J61, L26, and R23. Length: 49 pages. Original Release Date: December 13, 2021. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/JwjboLXw | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | © Author(s) 2021 | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 21014 | |
dc.subject.disciplines | DegreeDisciplines::Business::Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | |
dc.subject.disciplines | DegreeDisciplines::Social and Behavioral Sciences::Economics::Regional Economics | |
dc.subject.disciplines | DegreeDisciplines::Social and Behavioral Sciences::Economics::Labor Economics | |
dc.subject.keywords | self-employment | |
dc.subject.keywords | entrepreneurship | |
dc.subject.keywords | immigrants | |
dc.subject.keywords | amenities | |
dc.subject.keywords | temperature | |
dc.title | Too Cold to Venture There? January Temperature and Immigrant Self-Employment across the United States | |
dc.type | Working Paper | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
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