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How diverse can spatial measures of cultural diversity be? Results from Monte Carlo simulations of an agent-based model

Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques; Arribas-Bel, Daniel - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2014

Cultural diversity is a complex and multi-faceted concept. Commonly used quantitative measures of the spatial distribution of culturally-defined groups â€“ such as segregation, isolation or concentration indexes â€“ are often only capable of identifying just one aspect of this...

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How Diverse Can Spatial Measures of Cultural Diversity Be? Results from Monte Carlo Simulations of an Agent-Based Model

Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Cultural diversity is a complex and multi-faceted concept. Commonly used quantitative measures of the spatial distribution of culturally-defined groups – such as segregation, isolation or concentration indexes – are often only capable of identifying just one aspect of this distribution. The...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010786980

How Diverse can Spatial Measures of Cultural Diversity be? Results from Monte Carlo Simulations on an Agent-Based Model

Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

Cultural diversity is a complex and multi-faceted concept. Commonly used quantitative measures of the spatial distribution of culturally-defined groups 'such as segregation, isolation or concentration indexes' are often only capable of identifying just one aspect of this distribution. The...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256812

Migrant Entrepreneurship from the Perspective of Cultural Diversity

Sahin, Mediha; Nijkamp, Peter; Baycan-Levent, Tuzin - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2006

The phenomenon of migrant entrepreneurship refers to business activities undertaken by migrants with a specific socio …-cultural and ethnic background or migrant origin. The studies on migrant entrepreneurship in both the US and Europe have recognized … the significant share of immigrants in SME activities. In the context of migrant entrepreneurship several scholars have …

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Multicultural Diversity and Migrant Entrepreneurship: The Case of the Netherlands

Sahin, Mediha; Nijkamp, Peter; Baycan-Levent, Tuzin - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2006

With the advent of the era of mass migration in Europe, the issue of cultural diversity (CD ) has gained increasing social and political interest. There is a changing and often contradictory relationship between immigration, the increasing CD as a result of migration, and the development of...

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