biostudies-literatureTamborini CRNICHD NIH HHS17-34https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11969445biostudies-literatureUnknown62(1)Self-employment plays a crucial role in immigrants' economic assimilation. Previous studies examining immigrants' self-employment relied on estimates obtained from national surveys, which could contain measurement error. In this research note, we compare estimates of immigrant men's self-employment obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS) with those from data linking respondents to their tax records. Our findings indicate that the CPS substantially underestimates the immigrant-native gap in self-employment. In some cases, the rate of self-employment for immigrants from administrative data is nearly double that obtained from survey data alone. Measurement error also appears to distort estimated differences in self-employment among immigrants by race, ethnicity, and national origin.DemographyResearch Note: New Estimates of Immigrants' Self-employment From Linked Tax Records.PMC11969445P2C HD041022Villarreal ATamborini CRfalseResearch Note: New Estimates of Immigrants' Self-employment From Linked Tax Records.Self-employment plays a crucial role in immigrants' economic assimilation. Previous studies examining immigrants' self-employment relied on estimates obtained from national surveys, which could contain measurement error. In this research note, we compare estimates of immigrant men's self-employment obtained from the Current Population Survey (CPS) with those from data linking respondents to their tax records. Our findings indicate that the CPS substantially underestimates the immigrant-native gap in self-employment. In some cases, the rate of self-employment for immigrants from administrative data is nearly double that obtained from survey data alone. Measurement error also appears to distort estimated differences in self-employment among immigrants by race, ethnicity, and national origin.2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Feb2026-05-29T15:32:03.511Z2025-07-08T03:13:28.654ZS-EPMC119694453984674610.1215/00703370-11773170