Immigrants account for a quarter of new employer businesses in the US and their firms are more likely to be innovative, from @schodavadia, Sari Pekkala Kerr, @william_r_kerr, and Louis J. Maiden https://t.co/RklMBKwoxF
Immigrants accounted for 15% of the 2020 US population, but 27% of new businesses formed in 2021-23. Differences in education and fields of study only partly explain immigrant firms’ high rates of patenting and innovation. @william_r_kerr@schodavadia
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Immigrants account for a quarter of new employer businesses in the US and their firms are more likely to be innovative, from @schodavadia, Sari Pekkala Kerr, @william_r_kerr, and Louis J. Maiden https://t.co/RklMBKwoxF
Updated estimates of #immigrant#entrepreneurship in the US by @william_r_kerr & coauthors. Tons of powerful insights. Bottom line: "Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship"