Abstract
This paper analyzes the policies for migrant economies as part of broader social and labor market in Germany. It points out that the current fragmented and contradictory policy action can be identified as an outcome of former ambiguities and the delegation of responsibilities within a complex governance grid. Accordingly, its focus is on the inter-related dynamics of policy interventions, knowledge production and the impact of migrant agency within cities. The paper gives a condensed overview on theory and background of migrant economies, pointing to de facto barriers that persist until today. It then concentrates on the way labor market policies in respect of migration were framed in public discourse. Its empirical focus is on the web of policies and instruments that have been directed towards migrant entrepreneurship. Here, in-built ambiguities of all actions are identified as a general feature of German labor market policies.
Highlights
Germany has turned into a fully-fledged immigration country
The paper gives a condensed overview on theory and background of migrant economies, pointing to de facto barriers that persist until today
Its empirical focus is on the web of policies and instruments that have been directed towards migrant entrepreneurship
Summary
Germany has turned into a fully-fledged immigration country. is a quarter of its population of migrant origin, in most urban centres, even in small towns, migrant economies are present and accepted as a ‘normal’ part of urban economies and reveal its migration history. It is accepted that migrant entrepreneurship contributes positively to the German economy and that entrepreneurship differs for the various generations of migrants (David et al 2021) Such rather global statements still obfuscate to some extent the manifest difficulties and structural barriers that continue to characterize the relationship between migrant self-employment and labor market policies in Germany. What has evolved is a policy field that risks becoming stuck in a jungle of multi-level-regulations between municipalities, the states and national welfare policies This rapid shift from narratives of neglect towards narratives of acceptance of migrant economies needs some academic attention. The paper starts with a condensed overview on theory, and background of migrant economies, pointing to barriers that persist until today It concentrates on the way labor market policies in respect of migration were framed in public discourse. The conclusions integrate the findings and give hints for adequate policy action within an outspoken immigration country
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