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Immigrants and entrepreneurship: A road for talent or just the only road?

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    Identificador:  imarina:9452167
    Autores:  Iranzo, Susana
    Resumen:
    The available evidence suggests that migrant entrepreneurs contribute to a country's growth and innovation, but entrepreneurship might also be chosen by less talented migrants who have limited chances in the labor market. This paper develops a theoretical framework that features specific constraints migrants face to better understand the mechanisms at play in their occupational choices. I test the model predictions using data for Spain right after the migration boom occurred from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. I find that human capital losses upon arrival are largely responsible for the low propensities to self-employment of the three largest migrant groups (Romanians, Moroccans and Ecuadorians) observed in the data. Also, I find no evidence of negative sorting into self-employment. Yet, the relatively large self-employment rate of Moroccans, once human capital is properly accounted for, and their low entrepreneurial quality is consistent with this group of migrants being subject to penalties in the labor market associated to information problems that push them into self-employment.
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    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166046225000109?via%3Dihub
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Iranzo, Susana (2025). Immigrants and entrepreneurship: A road for talent or just the only road?. Regional Science And Urban Economics, 112(), 104093-. DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2025.104093
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Regional Science And Urban Economics. 112 104093-
    DOI del artículo: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2025.104093
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2025
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2025-04-30
    Autor/es de la URV: Iranzo Sancho, Susana
    Departamento: Economia
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
    Autor según el artículo: Iranzo, Susana
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Áreas temáticas: Business and management, Ciencias sociales, Economia, Economics, Economics and econometrics, Environmental studies, Geografía, Geografia i urbanisme, Human geography and urban studies, Urban studies
    Direcció de correo del autor: susana.iranzo@urv.cat
  • Palabras clave:

    Earnings
    England
    Entrepreneurial quality
    Human capital losses
    Information problems
    Labor-market assimilation
    Liquidity constraints
    Migrant entrepreneurship
    Negative sorting
    Networks
    Propensity to self-employment
    Self-employment
    Spai
    Spain
    Wealt
    Economics
    Economics and Econometrics
    Environmental Studies
    Urban Studies
    Business and management
    Ciencias sociales
    Economia
    Geografía
    Geografia i urbanisme
    Human geography and urban studies
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