Migrant STEM Entrepreneurs

Christopher Baum, Linda Dastory (), Hans Lööf () and Andreas Stephan
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Linda Dastory: The Department of Industrial Economics and Management, Royal Institute of Technology

No 474, Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation from Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies

Abstract: STEM workers are considered to be key drivers for economic growth in the developed world. Migrant workers play an increasing role in the supply of this occupational category. We study the universe of STEM workers in the Swedish economy over the period 2003-2015 and find that migrants are less likely to form their own business, but those who are entrepreneurs earn income at least as large as that of their native-born counterparts. While the income differential for economic migrants may be partially explained by self-selection, the estimated effect is not significantly different between natives and refugee migrants.

Keywords: STEM; migration; entrepreneurship; income; panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J44 J61 L26 O14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2018-10-15
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ent, nep-eur, nep-mig and nep-sbm
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