2021/11/17 by Giacomo Solano · 24 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #Business #Demographic economics #Economic growth #Economics #Entrepreneurship #Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences #European union #Face (sociological concept) #International trade #Law #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy #Order (exchange) #Political science #Sample (material) #Scholarship #Social science #Sociology
paper · open access · doi:10.1111/imig.12939
published in International Migration 61(2), 27-47 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2021/11/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Abstract Migrant entrepreneurship has been recognized as a form of integration in the country of destination and a viable alternative of decent and sustainable employment for migrants. Laws and policies can create barriers or support migrants who start a business in the country of destination. Despite their importance, these laws and policies have received scant attention from academic scholarship. By applying the mixed embedded approach, this article analyses the institutional and policy framework for migrant entrepreneurs in European Union (EU) and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, and how this framework varies according to the migrants’ individual legal status and gender. In order to do so, this article draws upon the findings of two different studies conducted on the topic. The first one analyses the national institutional framework for migrant entrepreneurs of these countries. The second study consists of a review of measures to foster migrant entrepreneurship in the same sample of countries. On the one hand, this article shows that the institutional framework restricts access to self‐employment for some categories of migrants (e.g. based on their legal status). On the other hand, a wide range of measures are now available to support migrant entrepreneurs. However, these measures treat them as a rather homogeneous group. These findings suggest that the fact that some migrants are less engaged in self‐employment or face more difficulties may be explained by the lack of institutional opportunities and policy support.