Why Are Immigrants Acquire Lack Of Opportunity?

1. According to the article, discrimination, lack of upward mobility, lack of transferrable skills and the language barrier all are reasons immigrants pursue self-employment or entrepreneur ventures. Discrimination and the lack of opportunity in the open work place leave immigrants sometimes no choice but to seek other means of income. This also hinders the chance for upward mobility economically.

Without employment opportunities that can lead to good paying jobs and ones that could potentially offer advancement being readily available to immigrants, this prevents them from earning a salary that will compensate better than if one were working for one’s self. (Yoon, 1997) The number of immigrants and self-employment has increased .6% from 1984-2015. (Advocacy) In addition to the obstacles listed, the study showed another reason was due to the aging population among business owners. Lack of skills needed in the workforce is an obstacle due to the fact that the skills they may have acquired in their home country are not transferrable to the environment or jobs that pay well in New York.

Whereas, in New York, without the ability to speak English, this makes it difficult to gain employment. Thus, it is important to acquire a social network that one can communicate with and share skills, social capital and aid in employment.
2. Some of the ways immigrants market their product or service co-ethnic clientele are by opening a business where there is a demand for their product. One way the text describes that would be beneficial when co-ethnic marketing is to consider demographic variables as referenced in chapter 7. Per the article many new start-up ventures that offer co-ethnic clientele in New York are Taxi services, shops, and