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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
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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 – such as segregation, isolation or concentration indexes – are often only capable of identifying just one aspect of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011129939
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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
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Spatial Activity and Labour Market Patterns
Russo, Giovanni; Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
The spatial activity patterns of firms in a multi-regional system are closely connected with the structure and evolution of regional labour markets. Based on an extensive data set (cross-section) on commuting flows in Germany, this paper aims to identify the relationship between entrepreneurial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255458
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COLOURFUL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN DUTCH CITIES: A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Sahin, Mediha; Todiras, Alina; Nijkamp, Peter - In: Regional Science Inquiry 3 (2011) 2, pp. 179-197
Entrepreneurship has clearly evolved as a critical element in the organization and restructuring of modern economies …, governments have acknowledged and started promoting the role of entrepreneurship in stimulating economic growth and development …. After an exposition of entrepreneurship and migrant entrepreneurship, the urban orientation of this new form of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010546990
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010782860
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010783029
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Spatial Activity and Labour Market Patterns
Russo, Giovanni; Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
The spatial activity patterns of firms in a multi-regional system are closely connected with the structure and evolution of regional labour markets. Based on an extensive data set (cross-section) on commuting flows in Germany, this paper aims to identify the relationship between entrepreneurial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137391
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COLOURFUL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN DUTCH CITIES: A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Sahin, Mediha; Todiras, Alina; Nijkamp, Peter - In: Regional Science Inquiry III (2011) 2, pp. 179-197
Entrepreneurship has clearly evolved as a critical element in the organization and restructuring of modern economies …, governments have acknowledged and started promoting the role of entrepreneurship in stimulating economic growth and development …. After an exposition of entrepreneurship and migrant entrepreneurship, the urban orientation of this new form of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010648221