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The Impact of a Culturally Diverse Workforce on Firms' Market Size: An Empirical Investigation on Germany
Brunow, Stephan; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
There is evidence from the literature that firms enjoy higher productivity levels when the workforce employed is culturally more diverse. It is an open question whether this gain is utilized to shift the supply curve and set lower prices, in order to achieve a higher demand and possibly higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256077
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The impact of a culturally diverse workforce on firms’ market size: An empirical investigation on Germany
Nijkamp, Peter; Brunow, Stephan - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
There is evidence from the literature that firms enjoy higher productivity levels when the workforce employed is culturally more diverse. It is an open question whether this gain is utilized to shift the supply curve and set lower prices, in order to achieve a higher demand and possibly higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556459
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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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Cultural Diversity: A Matter of Measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Cultural diversity – in various forms – has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and features of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143951
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Cultural Diversity - A Matter of Measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2015
Cultural diversity – in various forms – has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011129925
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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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Changing trends in rural self-employment in Europe and Turkey
Gülümser, A.A.; Baycan-Levent, T.; Nijkamp, Peter - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2008
This study evaluates rural self-employment in the EU countries, while comparing them with self-employment in Turkey. The study focuses on self-employment trends in the agricultural sector on the basis of changing motivations and participations of males and females. The data used for comparison...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010822588
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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