Entrepreneurial migration and regional opportunities in developing countries

Marthen L. Ndoen, Piet Rietveld, Peter Nijkamp and Kees Gorter
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Marthen L. Ndoen: Department of Economics, Satya Wacana Christian University, Jalan Diponegoro 52 Salatiga-Indonesia
Kees Gorter: Department of Economics, Satya Wacana Christian University, Jalan Diponegoro 52 Salatiga-Indonesia

The Annals of Regional Science, 2002, vol. 36, issue 3, 436 pages

Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the entrepreneurial migrants' preferences for a location for business activities in developing countries. In the modelling framework six socio-economic and six socio-cultural variables are used in this study to investigate the migrants' propensity to stay at a particular region. The empirical research was carried out in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It appears that the presence of a supporting informal network is the most critical factor that attracts and keeps the entrepreneurial migrants in a particular region. Socio-cultural variables like experience and education play a less significant role in the migrants' decision to stay in a given region.

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Date: 2002-10-21
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