title: Across the border: immigrants' economic opportunities, social capital and informal business activities.
abstract: "In this article, we [explore] the relationship between informal economic activities and recent immigrants in the Netherlands.... We will give an overview of important trends on both the demand and the supply side of entrepreneurial activities in the informal economy. We argue that the potential for informal economic activities by immigrants in large Dutch cities has been growing since the early 1980s. After having outlined this analytical framework, we examine some recent evidence on informal economic activities by immigrants in the Netherlands, especially in the bakeries sector, before concluding the discussion."
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kloosterman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Der Leun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rath
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D009426:Netherlands; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Europe; Informal Sector; International Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Netherlands; Population; Population Dynamics; Western Europe