Resource Category: Immigrants

  • January 4, 2017
    PPIC published “Immigrants in California.” Our state is home to more than 10 million immigrants-about a quarter of the nation’s…
  • October 6, 2016
    The SBA’s Office of Advocacy has a new report – The Arrival of the Immigrant Entrepreneur. Over the last 20…
  • August 23, 2012
    Robert Fairlie, writing for the Partnership for a New American Economy, looks at how immigrant-owned small and micro-businesses are driving…
  • May 3, 2012
    Robert Fairlie of the Small Business Administration looks at how immigrant-owned businesses shape the economy.
  • December 17, 2011
    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development looks at key indicators on international entrepreneurship.
  • July 17, 2011
    Unauthorized immigrants have been a part of many California industries and communities for decades, but recent and comprehensive information about…
  • February 19, 2011
    The Dolores Huerta Foundation set out to launch a micro-lending pilot program, building capacity by researching small business curricula and…
  • August 20, 2009
    Latinos play an important role in the self-employment growth. Fueled by immigration, they are the largest and fastest growing minority…
  • September 20, 2007
    This article examines causes of the low self-employment rates among Mexican-Hispanics by studying self-employment entry. The data show that Mexican-Hispanics…