CIRI Research Brief Series - Latinx Entrepreneurship Across Contexts: Opportunities and Challenges

I examined differences in the odds of owning an opportunity enterprise among Asian, Black, Latinx, and non-Hispanic white business owners in the U. [...] disadvantaged group – were the only immigrant Due to differences in political climates, the policy group in this study to be more likely to own survival contexts of these two states differ, both with respect enterprises, I consider whether access to resources to immigration policy and business regulations. [...] In particular, access to instance, in California – which holds the largest financial capital was a strong predictor for business number of Latinx-owned businesses in the U. [...] Latinx business owners with access to start- While I found evidence of an immigrant advantage up capital that facilitated the creation of more in business earnings across contexts, the boost for generative businesses. [...] Insights from state-level analyses reveal greater access to financial capital is working to level the playing field for Latinx business owners in California, yet foreign-born Latinx owners continue to lag native-born Latinxs’ business earnings in this state.