Open AccessEthnic Enclaves and Self-employment among Middle Eastern Immigrants in Sweden – Ethnic Capital or Enclave Size?
Author(s) -
Martin Andersson,
Johan P. Larsson,
Özge Öner
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ssrn electronic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1556-5068
DOI - 10.2139/ssrn.3683810
Subject(s) - ethnic group , immigration , demographic economics , social capital , self employment , capital (architecture) , geocoding , propensity score matching , political science , geography , economics , entrepreneurship , archaeology , law , statistics , remote sensing , mathematics
We employ geocoded data to explore the effects of ethnic enclaves in Swedish
cities on the propensity of Middle Eastern immigrants to use business
ownership as a vehicle to transcend from labor market outsiders to insiders. 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
an outsider to become self-employed.
cities on the propensity of Middle Eastern immigrants to use business
ownership as a vehicle to transcend from labor market outsiders to insiders. 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
an outsider to become self-employed.
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