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Ethnic enclaves and self-employment among Middle Eastern immigrants in Sweden: ethnic capital or enclave size?

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  • Martin Andersson
  • Johan P. Larsson
  • Özge Öner

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We employ geocoded data to explore the effects of ethnic enclaves in Swedish cities on the propensity of Middle Eastern immigrants to transcend from having no employment to self-employment. We demonstrate a robust tendency for immigrants to leave non-employment for self-employment if many co-ethnic peers in the enclave are business owners, while we observe weak effects emanating from business owners in other groups. Net of these effects, overall enclave size, measured by the local concentration of co-ethnic peers, has a negative influence on the propensity for a non-employed immigrant to become self-employed.

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  • Martin Andersson & Johan P. Larsson & Özge Öner, 2021. "Ethnic enclaves and self-employment among Middle Eastern immigrants in Sweden: ethnic capital or enclave size?," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(4), pages 590-604, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:55:y:2021:i:4:p:590-604
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1839638
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    1. Matthias Jan Mrożewski & Daphne Hering, 2023. "What makes migrants more entrepreneurial? Investigating the role of cultural distance and human capital," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 151-176, March.
    2. Alexander M. Danzer & Carsten Feuerbaum & Marc Piopiunik & Ludger Woessmann, 2022. "Growing up in ethnic enclaves: language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 35(3), pages 1297-1344, July.
    3. Rinaldi, Riccardo & Arrighetti, Alessandro & Lasagni, Andrea & Canello, Jacopo, 2023. "Immigrant entrepreneurship in Europe: a comparative empirical approach," EconStor Preprints 270873, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    4. Daniel Rauhut & Birgit Aigner-Walder & Rahel M. Schomaker, 2023. "Economic Theory and Migration," Springer Books, in: The Economics of Immigration Beyond the Cities, chapter 0, pages 21-50, Springer.

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