1.3 million jobs from immigrant businesses

The number of jobs opened by private entrepreneurs of foreign background between 2005 and 2016 has increased to more than a third, reaching 1.3 million jobs.

According to one study, entrepreneurs of foreign background are makers of jobs in Germany. In recent years they have managed to create more than one million jobs, not just in gastronomy.

Turkish entrepreneurs from foreign backgrounds in Germany provide an increasing number of jobs. The number of jobs opened by private entrepreneurs of foreign background between 2005 and 2016 has increased to more than a third, reaching 1.3 million jobs.

The number of entrepreneurs with migration backgrounds has increased in the same period as a fourth to 709.000 people. This is noteworthy because by 2015, population migration rates have increased by less than nine percent. How large the effects on the labour market depend largely on each federal state: in particular, the number of jobs from immigrant businesses in Bhavari, Baden-Wyrtenberg, Hesen and Berlin rose markedly. Meghathata, in western German countries, has been landings, such as in Lower Saxonia, Hamburg, and Renan ʹ Pfalc.

Not Just Suf fighters

There are also changes regarding the branch of the economy, where the number of migration-born entrepreneurs marks growth: „Who speaks of the immigrant economy in Germany, often still thinks of the local stern or Chinese restaurant, where the whole family co-operates. The data shows that we should say goodbye to these cliches“, noted by researchers.
So according to the study, the traditionally high percentage of entrepreneurs with foreign backgrounds in trade, or gastronomial compared to 2005 has dropped by ten percent from 28 percent in 2014. This development has gone in favour of other services, construction or processing centres. It is estimated that immigrant entrepreneurs have contributed to corporations with intensity production across the low-wage economy sector: „This contribution starts from accountant to continue with the founders of Start-up to the successful machine manufacturer“, the study says.

The Income of Migrants and Early Residents

Activating as a private immigrant entrepreneur has also been the engine of their income: Those as entrepreneurs benefit almost 2000 euros per month on average, 40 percent more than wage earners.
Compared to the same without stories of migration, however, there is a gap. Migrants and their offspring reach Germany on average, about 30 percent of their income lower than those without a background of migration. The reasons for this, experts look at the low level of education of immigrant entrepreneurs. Because they are longer on the market, many entrepreneurs have a greater advantage, the study says. “Education here plays a key role, as shown in the survey at the federal bodies. The better educated independent immigrants in one country, the higher the level of commitment as private entrepreneurs will be.