News from 2016-01-29 / KfW Research
Migrants are more active entrepreneurs – mostly as a result of labour market conditions
Roughly one out of every five entrepreneurs is a migrant, meaning they do not have or were not born with German citizenship. In 2014, 179,000 migrants started their own business. The labour market plays an important role for migrants deciding whether to start a business: They set up businesses more often as they have no other attractive forms of employment and often come from unemployment. However, migrants create more jobs more often. Migrants therefore make an important contribution to start-up activity. Migrants are, however, more likely to abandon their start-ups: After 3 years, 70 % of all start-ups are still running, for migrants this number is 60 %. This can mainly be explained by their structural characteristics.
Migrants are more active entrepreneurs – mostly as a result of labour market conditions
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