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020			_a978-9-08-666175-6
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100			_aBeckers, Pascal _93121
245		0	_aLocal Space and Economic Success: The Role of Spatial Segregation of Migrants in the Netherlands
260			_c2010 _bBoekenplan, _aMaastricht,
300			_a203 pages
340			_hJ1 334
490			_aMaastricht Graduate School of Governance Dissertation Series
520			_an this dissertation, Beckers explores whether and how the spatial location of non-Western immigrants in the Netherlands matters for their economic success in the labour market and in self-employment. More specifically, Beckers aims to find out how the local spatial environment in the place of residence, or place of firm location (for the self-employed), shapes immigrant economic prospects. This aim is reached by combining a number of thematic, complementary research projects. These projects assess the socio-economic position of non-Western immigrants in the country, analyse neighbourhood segregation effects on labour market outcomes, and examine spatial location effects on migrant business performance. To answer the research question, Beckers combines quantitative and qualitative methods. Where possible, available data from the Netherlands Bureau of Statistics, the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) and the Chambers of Commerce is used. To broaden the insight gained through these quantitative analyses, Beckers also collects qualitative data in eight focus group discussions with experts and forty interviews with entrepreneurs. Moreover, local spatial regulations in five urban residential neighbourhoods are studied. The overall conclusion of the dissertation is clear: Space matters for immigrant economic success both in the labour market and in self-employment. Location is an important determinant of economic success of non-Western immigrants in the Netherlands as regions, municipalities and neighbourhoods within municipalities offer different labour market and self-employment opportunities to migrants. The findings of this dissertation can be grouped into four themes: First, implications of regional and urban differences for the economic success of immigrants; second, the relevancy of the local social environment for the economic success of immigrants; third, implications of the local built environment and its regulations for the economic success of immigrants; and forth, other (non-geographic) factors that influence economic success of immigrants.
650			_adiscrimination _9379
650			_aethnic group _91725
650			_aminority group _9784
651			_aNetherlands _9716
655			_adissertation _96145
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