The role of human capital, race, gender, and culture on immigrant entrepreneurship in Hong Kong

Q1 Business, Management and Accounting

Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2021-08-30 DOI:10.1080/08276331.2021.1959177

Skylar Biyang Sun, E. Fong

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Abstract

Abstract Our research is among the first to explore the recent sociodemographic development of immigrant entrepreneurs in Hong Kong, which reflects the city’s underlying socioeconomic dynamics that are increasingly conducive for foreign investments. Using pooled Hong Kong census data from 2001 to 2016 and relying on linear probability models with a synthetic cohort design, we compared the probabilities of attaining entrepreneurship among individuals with different demographic characteristics, including gender, age, education attainment, ethnicity, length of stay in Hong Kong, etc. Our preliminary results are in line with cultural, human capital, and intersectionality theory—longer length of stay in the destination, higher educational attainment, greater knowledge of the local language, and similarity of cultural background are all positively associated with one’s likelihood of success in becoming an entrepreneur. Meanwhile, we also observed inter-ethnic and gender differences in entrepreneurial probability both at time of arrival and in with longer duration at the destination.

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人力资本、种族、性别及文化对香港移民创业的影响

我们的研究是首批探讨香港移民企业家近期社会人口发展的研究之一，这反映了香港潜在的社会经济动态，越来越有利于外国投资。我们利用2001年至2016年的香港人口普查数据，采用线性概率模型和综合队列设计，比较了不同人口统计学特征(包括性别、年龄、受教育程度、种族、在港居留时间等)的个人创业概率。我们的初步结果与文化、人力资本和交叉性理论一致——在目的地停留的时间越长、受教育程度越高、对当地语言的了解越多、文化背景的相似性都与一个人成功成为企业家的可能性呈正相关。同时，我们还观察到不同种族和性别的创业概率在到达时间和在目的地停留时间上的差异。

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Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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