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. …

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 …

soccer, American football and tennis and also use our framework to compare the performance of empirically applied ranking …

. 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 …

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. …