Cultural diversity and entrepreneurship in England and Wales

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Daniel Hardy

No 1423, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: British regions are becoming increasingly culturally diverse, with migration as the main driver. Does this diversity benefit local economies? This research examines the impact of cultural diversity on the entrepreneurial performance of UK regions. We focus on two largely overlooked factors, the measurement of diversity, and the skills composition of diverse populations. First, more that demonstrating the importance of cultural diversity for entrepreneurship, we show that the type of cultural diversity measured is a decisive factor. Second, the skill composition of diverse populations is also key. Diversity amongst the ranks of the highly skilled exerts the strongest impact upon start-up intensities. The empirical investigation employs spatial regression techniques and carriers out several robustness checks, including instrumental variables specifications, to corroborate our findings.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; cultural diversity; high-skilled migration; knowledge spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J24 L26 M13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2014-11, Revised 2014-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cul, nep-ent, nep-geo, nep-mig, nep-sbm and nep-ure
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Journal Article: Cultural Diversity and Entrepreneurship in England and Wales (2015)
Working Paper: Cultural diversity and entrepreneurship in England and Wales (2014)
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