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Migrant Entrepreneurship and New Urban Economic Opportunities

Nijkamp, Peter; Sahin, Mediha; Baycan-Levent, Tüzin - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

systematically assess the conditions for successful entrepreneurship of migrants. …Nowadays, migrants form a significant share of the urban population, and their business is critical for urban economic … competitive urban environment, this study will investigate the entrepreneurial behaviour of migrants in Dutch cities from a micro …

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The Creative Urban Diaspora Economy: A Disparity Analysis among Migrant Entrepreneurs

Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter; Arribas-Bel, Daniel - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

attention for migrant (or ethnic) entrepreneurship. The present study aims to identify and examine the critical critical success …

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A Structural Equations Model for Assessing the Economic Performance of High-Tech Ethnic Entrepreneurs

Sahin, Mediha; Todiras, Alina; Nijkamp, Peter; Neuts, Bart - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

In this paper we develop and test a conceptual model of the key relationships concerning the business performance and success of ethnic entrepreneurs. To that end, an explanatory modei'GALAXY' is presented which serves as a framework for mapping out the impact that various background factors are...

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Identification of 'Wasteful Commuting' using Search Theory

Ommeren, Jos Van; Straaten, Willemijn Van der - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

In this paper, we employ search theory as a micro-economic foundation for the wasteful commuting hypothesis. It is argued that the commute of the self-employed is the result of a search process for vacant workplaces, whereas employees search for vacant jobs through space. Because the arrival...

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The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences

Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

of immigration? Does social interaction affect this preference or is the immigration preference completely in line with … immigration than the highly educated. Experience with foreigners arising from social contact matters in positively appreciating … significant effect on the evaluation of the number of foreigners present. The biggest effect on immigration preferences is …

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Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

particular geographic areas may boost the creation of new ideas, knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. In … this paper we measure the impact of the size, skills, and diversity of immigration on the innovativeness of host regions … of McDonald's restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a …

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A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

-economic phenomenon for many countries. Since the early 1980s, many studies have been undertaken of the impact of immigration on host … labour markets. Borjas (2003) noted that the estimated effect of immigration on the wage of native workers varies widely from … immigration on wages of native groups with similar skills appears rather robust. …

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The Fallacy of “Job Robbing”: A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of the Effect of Immigration on Employment

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to … countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened. There is also in public discourse a common perception of immigration … immigration on labour market outcomes. Applying meta-analytic techniques to 165 estimates from 9 recent studies for various OECD …

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Happiness and Financial Satisfaction in Israel. Effects of Religiosity , Ethnicity, and War

Praag, Bernard M.S. van; Romanov, Dmitri; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010

This discussion paper led to a publication in <A href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487010000954">'Journal of Economic Psychology'</A>, 31(6), 1008-20.<P>We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey...</p></a>

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Migration and Foreign Direct Investment: Education Matters

Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

much research on the socio-economic determinants and impacts of immigration. This paper investigates the relationship … we then include the education level of migrants living in the UK, our results indicate that the more educ ated migrants …

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