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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

cohort. Evidence using a large German data set suggests ethnicity does matter: the size of the ethnic network has a positive …

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The Influence of Others on Migration Plans

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

The willingness to migrate and locational choice may be influenced by others’ choices or plans, particularly if the “other people”, such as family and friends, are migrants, former migrants, or potential migrants themselves. We examine the roles “other people” play in influencing an...

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A Political Economy of the Immigrant Assimilation: Internal Dynamics

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Within immigrant society different groups wish to help the migrants in different ways – immigrant societies are multi-layered and multi-dimensional. We examine the situation where there exists a foundation that has resources and that wishes to help the migrants. To do so they need migrant...

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Migration and Culture

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding openly into the discussion, usually under some pseudonym. The authors bring culture into the open. They are concerned with how culture manifests itself in the migration process...

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Migration, Education and the Gender Gap in Labour Force Participation

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender … labour force participation decision and its gender gap. Using probit and decomposition analysis, our investigation shows that … education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan …

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Ethnic Networks and International Trade

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

There is a well-established high quality literature on the role of networks, particularly ethnic networks, in international trade. Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal barriers (information costs, risk and uncertainty) to trade by building trust and substituting for the difficulty of...

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