ABSTRACT
The relative number of immigrant entrepreneurs has increased across OECD countries over the past 20 years. This can be illustrated by looking at regions such as the European Union, where the share of immigrants among the self-employed nearly doubled over the past decade, increasing from 6% in 2011 to 11 per cent in 2020 (OECD/EU, 2021). This growth is even greater in countries that have a high proportion of foreign workers such as Luxembourg. The overall growth in immigrant entrepreneurship is largely due to an increase in global immigration flows. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide migration flows were trending upwards and OECD countries were increasing the destination for migrants. Immigration flows increased by about 50 per cent since 2011 across OECD countries, which was nearly double the global average for this period (United Nations, 2020).