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I'm not sure that's true given that immigrants are 80% more likely to start a business than people born in the U.S.[0]. That's the case in almost every country[
by olalonde 4y ago
I'm not sure that's true given that immigrants are 80% more likely to start a business than people born in the U.S.[0]. That's the case in almost every country[1].
[0] https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/05/09/immigrants-are-80-more-likely-to-start-businesses-in-the-u-s-than-native-born-citizens-study-finds https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/05/09/immigrants-are-80-more-...
[1] https://hbr.org/2021/08/research-why-immigrants-are-more-likely-to-become-entrepreneurs https://hbr.org/2021/08/research-why-immigrants-are-more-lik...
- athinggoingon 4y agoWouldn't that fit the second criteria since many first generation immigrants don't have the requisite language skills to compete with the native population for middle class jobs.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y agoA fair amount of immigrants are less likely to have resources like capital or relationships to accommodate a different path so parent is likely right that they are somewhat forced onto path of entrepreneur.