(Lifestyle) immigrant entrepreneurs in Spanish small villages : Rethinking international immigration in rural Alt Empordà, Catalonia
Mendoza, Cristóbal (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa (Mèxic))
Morén Alegret, Ricard (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
McAreavey, Ruth (University of Newcastle)

Títol variant:	Entrepreneurs immigrants (à la recherche d'une meilleure qualité de vie) dans de petits villages espagnols : Repenser l'immigration internationale dans les zones rurales de l'Alt Empordà, Catalogne
Data:	2020
Resum:	The article studies connections between local economics, entrepreneurship and lifestyle immigration in municipalities with fewer than 500 inhabitants in Alt Empordà, Spain. Using a qualitative methodology, it analyses the economic incorporation of immigrant entrepreneurs by considering in which ways they contribute to the local economies. It also studies to what extent immigrant businesses follow purely economic benefit logics (or rather they are set up in search of a better quality of life). The interviewed immigrant entrepreneurs usually fit themselves in distinctive niches in local labour markets (e. g. cultural-oriented services). Their success partially relies in their capacities for creating locally based social networks, which are not only key aspects for business development, but also a source of wellbeing. This is in line with most lifestyle immigration literature, which argues that immigration is not only triggered by professional success, but also represents the search for self-realization and a higher quality of life.
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Llengua:	Francès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Entrepreneurship ; International immigration ; Lifestyle migration ; Local economies ; Rural areas ; Spain ; SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
Publicat a:	Belgeo. Revue belge de géographie, Num. 1 (April 2020) , art. 44107, ISSN 2294-9135

DOI: 10.4000/belgeo.44107

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