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We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction … between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host country’s society, and economic assimilation as … income gap with the natives. In this way, social integration becomes a catalyst for economic assimilation. …
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We study the effect of cultural ties on economic exchange using a novel measure for cultural identity: dialects. We evaluate linguistic micro-data from a unique language survey conducted between 1879 and 1888 in about 45,000 German schools. The recorded geography of dialects comprehensively...
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evidence of the effect of culture on self-employment. Our results show that culture has quantitatively significant effects on …. Additional analysis shows that there are differences in the impact of culture on self-employment by gender, in that men are more … sensitive than women to culture; and by economic activity, in that those individuals involved in professional, scientific, and …
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L’Italia è il paese europeo che presenta la maggiore dotazione di patrimonio artistico e culturale in rapporto alla popolazione. L’heritage fornisce già un contributo rilevante allo sviluppo degli afflussi turistici, soprattutto dall’estero, come testimoniato dall’Indagine sul Turismo...
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This paper presents the results of a contingent ranking study carried out on a sample of tourists visiting the province of Ragusa (in south-eastern Sicily, Italy), known for both its baroque heritage and its sea coasts. I focus only on two attributes of tourism products, namely the accommodation...
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soccer, American football and tennis and also use our framework to compare the performance of empirically applied ranking …
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. This study evaluates the causes of this phenomenon and tests for the effects of assimilation, cohort, age at migration, and … household social assistance dependence. Assimilation and age at migration increase the probability of social assistance …
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the assimilation of immigrants in the region. Immigration's well-being effect is higher in regions with intermediate … assimilation levels and is essentially zero in regions with no or complete assimilation. …
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This Paper contrasts labour participation behaviour and wages of native and immigrant women. Since the impact of family structure on labour supply differs between natives and immigrants, we explicitly distinguish between part-time and full-time jobs. The choice of jobs is accounted for by an...
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Germany has experienced a substantial influx of German immigrants from Eastern Europe after World War II and expects several million more as a consequence of the demise of socialism. This paper analyses the economic performance of ethnic German migrants to West Germany in comparison with native...
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