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International Journal of

Population Studies

RESEARCH ARTICLE
Choice of a country for migrant entrepreneurship

Rossen Koroutchev*
Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and History, Universidad Nacional de Educación
a Distancia, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

In today’s society, entrepreneurial activities are important, as they can create social
values and wealth. This study explores entrepreneurial activities across various
European countries and proposes a novel approach for its effective measurement. To
this end, this study utilizes established indices by the World Bank – the 2020 European
Chamber (EuCham) index, and the migrant integration policy index (MIPEX), which
focuses on migrant integration. In addition, it introduces a novel index, called the
Migrant Entrepreneurship (IMIGRENT) index, to accurately quantify a country’s
attractiveness for entrepreneurial activities. These are part of the respective indexes
*Corresponding author: for entrepreneurial activities, such as company registration processes, personal
Rossen Koroutchev affairs, accommodation, and environmental conditions. A country’s attractiveness
(rkk@geo.uned.es) for entrepreneurial activities is evaluated based on entrepreneurs’ preferences and
Citation: Koroutchev R. (2025). diverse needs, as well as immigrants’ citizenship. After comparing the three indices
Choice of a country for migrant mentioned above, more similar results are obtained for the 2020 EuCham and
entrepreneurship. International
Journal of Population Studies, the IMIGRENT index than MIPEX, attributable to the greater importance given to
11(2): 118-131. financial factors in the IMIGRENT and EuCham indexes compared with MIPEX, which
https://doi.org/10.36922/ijps.4447 prioritizes social and integration-related factors. Notably, the IMIGRENT index reports
Received: August 05, 2024 some important additional values in a comparative analysis of European countries,
such as the role of immigrant citizenship, and the country’s legislation, as well as
1st revised: August 15, 2024
other aspects related to personal affairs, accommodation, social services, or the host
2nd revised: September 17, 2024 country’s weather.
3rd revised: October 27, 2024
4th revised: November 4, 2024 Keywords: Migration; Entrepreneurship; Immigrant integration; Business attractiveness;
Accepted: November 13, 2024 2020 European chamber index; Migrant integration policy index
Published online: December 06,
2024
Copyright: © 2024 Author(s). 1. Introduction
This is an Open-Access article
distributed under the terms of the According to the 2022 World Migration Report (World Migration Report, 2022), Europe
Creative Commons Attribution is the leading destination for migration with 87 million migrants, representing 30.9%
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and reproduction in any medium, of the global international immigrant population. It is followed by Asia (86 million;
provided the original work is 30.5%), North America (59 million; 20.9%), and Africa (25 million; 9%). In the past
properly cited. 15 years, South America and the Caribbean have experienced significant growth, with
Publisher’s Note: AccScience their international immigrant population more than doubling, from 7 million in 2007
Publishing remains neutral with to 15 million in 2022. At present, these regions have the highest growth rate and host
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published maps and institutional 5.3% of all international immigrants. Finally, Oceania hosts approximately 9 million
affiliations. international immigrants (3.3%).

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