New Research from Somashekhar Explores Business Ownership Among Undocumented Immigrants
Posted: 6/3/2022 (CSDE in the News)
CSDE External Affiliate Mahesh Somashekhar recently published an article in Social Currents exploring the experiences of undocumented business ownership. This study imputes the legal status of Mexican and Central American immigrants in the Survey of Income and Program Participation between 1996 and 2008 to evaluate how legal status affects business ownership patterns. Somashekhar finds that undocumented immigrants had a lower likelihood of owning a business than documented immigrants, but undocumented and documented business owners derived similar incomes from their businesses.