Research in Britain ( Ward and Jenkins , 1984 ) called attention to the extensive self - employment among foreign - born Greeks , Italians , Gujerati Hindus , Sikhs , and Pakistanis . As in the United States , the entrepreneurship of ...
... always exhibited rates of self - employment higher than native - born persons , increased immigration might also have boosted the level of Table 3. Self - employment and Foreign - born Population Immigrant Entrepreneurs in America 13.
Self - employment and Foreign - born Population in 272 SMSAs , 1980 : Regression Coefficients Independent Variables Dependent Variable : SEP B Beta 0.70 * 0.34 * NBLF Native - born Labor Force FBLF Foreign - born Labor Force Constant R ...
In contrast , restrictive immigration policies ( 1924-1965 ) did not support small business because immigration restriction reduced the proportion of foreign born in the total population . Restrictive immigration policy ended in 1965.
... however , imposing the requirement of foreign - born origin . Thus , immigrant entrepreneurship turns into ethnic entrepreneurship when a second , native - born generation continues the self - employment of the parental generation .