Regulation of migrant entrepreneurship: The strained conjunction of laws, policies and practices
| Published date | 01 April 2023 |
| Author | Giacomo Solano,Monder Ram,Jan Rath |
| Date | 01 April 2023 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13128 |
wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/imig 3
Int Migr. 2023;61:3–8.
1Radboud University Network on Migrant
Inclusion (RUNOMI), Department of
Economics and Business Economics, Nijmegen
School of Management, Radboud University,
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority
Entrepreneurship, Aston University,
Birmingham, UK
3Department of Sociology University of
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Correspondence
Giacomo Solano, Radboud University Network
on Migrant Inclusion (RUNOMI), Department
of Economics and Business Economics,
Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud
University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Email: giacomo.solano@ru.nl
Abstract
We are struck by a curious paradox: the flourishing discourse
on migrant entrepreneurship is replete with references to
the regulatory environment; yet the precise ways in which
regulations exert influence is rarely spelt out. This task is
all the more urgent because policymakers are alighting on
the fact that migrants often turn to self-employment to
make their way in destination societies. Yet, the extent to
which regulations – comprising laws and governmental and
non-governmental policy measures and practices – is poorly
understood. This special section aims at filling this gap by
adopting a theoretically informed analytical perspective to
understand the role of regulation in migrant entrepreneur-
ship. Articles in this special section analyse the nature of
laws, policies and practices, the factors of success/failure
of these, the role of governmental and non-governmental
actors, and the effect of different welfare regimes and
governance conditions.
SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE
Regulation of migrant entrepreneurship: The
strained conjunction of laws, policies and practices
Giacomo Solano1 | Monder Ram2 | Jan Rath3
DOI: 10.1111/imig.13128
Received: 3 February 2023 Accepted: 9 February 2023
INTRODUCTION
This article introduces a special section on the regulation (laws, policies and practices) of migrant entrepreneur-
ship. Migrant entrepreneurship has received increasing attention from policymakers, stakeholders and scholars (Ram
et al., 2017; Solano et al., 2019).
This is due to the general expansion of the small business sector, the proclivity of some migrants to set up busi-
ness activities and the overall pro-business climate in contemporary society, as well as well the concerns about the
quality of their entrepreneurship and the sustainability of their business. While most newcomers enter the labour
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits
use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or
adaptations are made.
© 2023 The Authors. International Migration published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Organization for Migration.
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