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| URV's Author/s: | Iranzo Sancho, Susana |
| Author, as appears in the article.: | Iranzo, Susana |
| Author's mail: | susana.iranzo@urv.cat |
| Journal publication year: | 2025 |
| Publication Type: | Journal Publications |
| 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 |
| Paper original source: | Regional Science And Urban Economics. 112 104093- |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Article's DOI: | 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2025.104093 |
| Link to the original source: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166046225000109?via%3Dihub |
| Paper version: | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| licence for use: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ |
| Department: | Economia |
| Licence document URL: | https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/ |
| Thematic Areas: | Business and management Ciencias sociales Economia Economics Economics and econometrics Environmental studies Geografía Geografia i urbanisme Human geography and urban studies Urban studies |
| Keywords: | 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 |
| Entity: | Universitat Rovira i Virgili |
| Record's date: | 2025-04-30 |
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