James Foreman?Peck|Peng Zhou
The strength and persistence of entrepreneurial cultures
Cardiff University|Cardiff University
twentieth century united states provides natural experiment measure strength persistence entrepreneurial cultures assuming immigrants bear cultures birth place comparison revealed entrepreneurial propensities us immigrant groups 1910 2000 reflected backgrounds two measures entrepreneurial culture employed first simply chance member migrant group employer second origin country effect probability conditional upon personal characteristics preferred second measure shows persistence cultures change others twentieth century among stable cultures northwestern europe modern economic growth widely held originated host unusually strong entrepreneurial propensities instead cultures carried persons originating greece turkey italy together jews