We examine access to institutions and opportunity for entrepreneurs in a rising tech economy. A significant proportion of entrepreneurs and CEOs of tech firms in the American economy are either first- or second-generation immigrant minorities. Are these minority entrepreneurs assimilating into a rising economic elite? To what extent is the technology economy segmented by ethnic boundaries and sectors? On a range of empirical measures, including access to financial and social capital, firm performance, and normative beliefs on fairness and cooperation, we find second-generation immigrant minority tech entrepreneurs to be strikingly similar to their white counterparts. This study sheds new light on the institutional environment of a new regional technology economy, whereby barriers of entry are high in terms of human capital but economic competition is structurally and culturally open to immigrant minority entrepreneurs.

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技术经济中的移民、机会和同化

我们研究了在新兴科技经济中创业者获得机构的机会和机会。在美国经济中，很大一部分科技公司的企业家和 CEO 是第一代或第二代移民少数民族。这些少数族裔企业家是否正在融入新兴的经济精英？科技经济在多大程度上被种族边界和部门分割？在一系列实证指标上，包括获得金融和社会资本、公司业绩以及对公平与合作的规范信念，我们发现第二代移民少数族裔科技企业家与他们的白人同行惊人地相似。这项研究为新的区域技术经济的制度环境提供了新的视角，