Ra Ximhai (Sep 2013)

Employers mexican migrants in the United States

  • Eduardo Fernández Guzmán,
  • Perla Shiomara del Carpio Ovando,
  • Eloy Mosqueda Tapia

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. Especial 3
pp. 181 – 208

Abstract

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You might think that by definition the migrant labor plays in less profitable niches and meager social mobility. However, a large group of migrants in different economically developed countries have successfully launched businesses of diverse nature and volume. This is why entrepreneurship of migrants is an issue that has received increasing attention in recent years. Compared to other immigrant groups in the United States, Mexicans show low levels of entrepreneurial activity. The aim of this paper is to, through a general literature review of official statistical data, a preliminary analysis of mexican migrant entrepreneurship in the United States, that is to say in recent years has been growing in importance.

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