Determinants of Integration and its Impact on the Economic Success of Immigrants: A Case Study of the Turkish Community in Berlin
Using a new data on 590 Turkish households in Berlin, we investigate the determinants and impact of integration on economic performance. We find that usual suspects such as time spent in Germany and education have positive impact, while networks have no impact on integration. There is strong evidence that political integration and the degree of full integration promote income. Using endogenous switching regression models, we show that local familial networks increase the income of unintegrated migrant groups only, while transnational networks decrease it. We also find that education is more welfare improving for integrated than non-integrated immigrants.
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2008-10
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Authors: | Danzer, Alexander M. ; Ulku, Hulya |
Institutions: | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |
Subject: | integration | economic success | ethnic networks | Turkish migrants |
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freely available
Extent: | application/pdf |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Number 3762 46 pages |
Classification: | O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration ; J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; C25 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models ; D10 - Household Behavior and Family Economics. General |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822773