Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants

The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Zimmermann, Laura ; Gataullina, Liliya ; Constant, Amelie ; Zimmermann, Klaus F.
Institutions:	DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)
Subject:	Ethnic self-identification \| first-generation migrants \| gender \| ethnicity \| human capital

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin. - ISSN 1619-4535.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 616 9 pages long
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; J16 - Economics of Gender ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Z10 - Cultural Economics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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