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<p>The phenomenon of increasingly visible groups of immigrant entrepreneurs raises a host of questions. What are the causes of immigrant entrepreneurship? What are its consequences, especially as regards upward mobility and inter-ethnic relations? And what accounts for differences in entrepreneurship among ethnic groups? Ethnic Economies provides a broad overview of ethnicity and entrepreneurship, connecting it with broader studies of economic life.</p> <h3>Diaspora</h3> <p>...their book is the most important attempt so far to provide a synthetic and coherent description of what is known on immigrant's business activities in the United States,in terms of both empirical findings and theoretical explanations. <B>Ethnic Economies</B> is elegantly written and manages to remain very clear despite the complexity of the ideas discussed and the abundance of empirical data. It thus constitutes a valuable introduction for non-specialists as well as a stimulating and useful tool for those who are familiar with the subject... The recent production of recapitulative works on what we know on ethnic economies is symptomatic,and Light and Gold's <B>Ethnic Economies</B> is the most notable and comp

Author

Ivan H. Light, Steven J. Gold

Publisher

JAI Press/ Emerald Pub. Group

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780122871559

Subjects

Management, Sociology, Economics