TY  - CHAP
AB  - Indian immigrants in the United States and other wealthy countries are successful in entrepreneurship. Using Census data from the three largest developed countries receiving Indian immigrants in the world – the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada – we examine the performance of Indian entrepreneurs and explanations for their success. We find that business income of Indian entrepreneurs in the United States is substantially higher than the national average and is higher than for any other immigrant group. Approximately half of the average difference in income between Indian entrepreneurs and the national average is explained by their high levels of education while industry differences explain an additional 10 percent. In Canada, Indian entrepreneurs have average earnings slightly below the national average but are more likely to hire employees, as are their counterparts in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Indian educational advantage is smaller in Canada and the United Kingdom, contributing less to their entrepreneurial success.
VL  - 36
SN  - 978-1-78190-358-2, 978-1-78190-357-5/0147-9121
DO  - 10.1108/S0147-9121(2012)0000036012
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0147-9121(2012)0000036012
AU  - Fairlie Robert W.
AU  - Krashinsky Harry
AU  - Zissimopoulos Julie
AU  - Kumar Krishna B.
ED  - Solomon W. Polachek
ED  - Konstantinos Tatsiramos
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - Indian Entrepreneurial Success in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom
T2  - Research in Labor Economics
T3  - Research in Labor Economics
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 285
EP  - 318
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -