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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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Entrepreneurship, Development, and the Spatial Context Retrospect and Prospect
Nijkamp, Peter - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2009
Entrepreneurship has been a topical issue in the business administration literature, but in the past decade a wave of … interest can be observed on the role of entrepreneurship in the economic growth literature. This paper aims to highlight the … various contributions to the entrepreneurship literature from the perspective of regional economic development. After a broad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973358