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Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to political pressure to limit a further influx of foreign-born persons on the grounds that the absorption capacity of host countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened....
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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 …-economic perspective by paying attention to the entrepreneurial behaviour of migrants, the role of their social networks, and the …
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This study focuses on the external orientations of the second-generation migrant entrepreneurs by addressing in particular the way – and the extent to which – the choice for entrepreneurship is made by higher-educated young ethnic generations. The empirical data of our study is based on...
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present paper takes a look at wage differences between natives and migrants who are equally educated. This reduces potential … skills biases in our analysis. We apply a Mincer equation in estimating the wage differences between natives and migrants. In … Dutch labor market, especially for migrants with parents from non-OECD countries. …
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language knowledge of low-educated migrants causes these results, as immigrants for whom themother tongue is similar to the …
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This paper introduces cultural gravity as a new concept for analyzing socio-economic disparities among immigrants. It tests the existence of cultural gravity effects on the geographic concentration and human capital productivity of immigrants. Using cultural distance as a proxy for the local...
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the motivations of many migrants that may have significant impacts on the migration choice, the destination place, the … issues inherent in the effects of non-structural or temporary migrants (so-called 'movers') on host economies. Particular …
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