Displacement and entrepreneurship

Iranian small businesses in Stockholm

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3657258
AutoresKhosravi (0000-0001-7675-4130, Stockholm University, autor correspondente), Shahram Khosravi
Ano1999
Volume25
Fascículo3
Páginas493-508
Data de publicação1999-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNew Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.1999.9976697
OpenAlexW2070118686
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas19

Increasing unemployment in Sweden has affected non‐Western residents particularly hard. A shrinking public sector, and toughening attitudes toward migrant job‐seekers within the private sector, frequently leave self‐employment as the only option. The emergence of an ethnic economy is partly due to the opportunity structure in the host society, and partly to available ethnic resources. This article examines Iranian small businesses in Stockholm. The Swedish labour market, and the situation of Iranian migrants within it, are crucial factors in. bringing about the Iranian entry into self‐employment. Yet, ethnic resources and previous work experiences in Iran also play an important role in shaping economic activities among Iranians in Sweden. This article portrays how Iranians, whose social space has been distorted by displacement, contrive to reconstruct this in the Swedish setting

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economic policy · Economics · Economy · Entrepreneurship · Ethnic group · Immigration · Labour economics · Political science · Private sector · Public sector · Refugee · Resizing · Seekers · Sociology · Unemployment · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy