2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50363-5_5
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Comparative Notes on the Context of Reception and Immigrant Entrepreneurship in New York City, Washington, DC, El Paso, Barcelona, and Paris

Abstract: The chapter provides a comparison of immigrant businesses in different cities in the United States and Europe. The chapter draws from several projects conducted by the author. It compares small ethnic businesses in various neighborhoods in order to discuss general patterns and specific arrangements between immigrants and the rate and type of ventures that they start. This chapter shows how the way that different city governments and civil society receive and treat immigrants impacts their entrepreneurial behav… Show more

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“…Despite these limitations, understanding how contexts of reception vary for immigrants and refugees has been central to migration scholarship for decades (Portes and Rumbaut 2006). These cities also provide different incentives to immigrant entrepreneurship (Castañeda, forthcoming), and transnational engagement (Castañeda, Morales, and Ochoa 2014). Comparing differences in the roles that immigrant and ethnic organizations play yields insights into the process by which immigrants and refugees integrate into host communities and the agency they have as they integrate.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite these limitations, understanding how contexts of reception vary for immigrants and refugees has been central to migration scholarship for decades (Portes and Rumbaut 2006). These cities also provide different incentives to immigrant entrepreneurship (Castañeda, forthcoming), and transnational engagement (Castañeda, Morales, and Ochoa 2014). Comparing differences in the roles that immigrant and ethnic organizations play yields insights into the process by which immigrants and refugees integrate into host communities and the agency they have as they integrate.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%