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Oppositional Identities and the Labor Market
Battu, Harminder; Mwale, McDonald; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We develop a model in which non-white individuals are defined with respect to their social environment (family, friends, neighbors) and their attachments to their culture of origin (religion, language), and in which jobs are mainly found through social networks. We find that, depending on how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822772
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Oppositional Identities and Employment for Ethnic Minorities: Evidence from England
Battu, Harminder; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
that the social environment of individuals and attachments to culture of origin has a strong association with identity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527303
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Do Oppositional Identities Reduce Employment for Ethnic Minorities?
Battu, Harminder; Mwale, McDonald; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
unique data set that contains extensive information on various issues surrounding ethnic identity and preferences in Britain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763701
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Modelling Exposure to Risk of Experiencing Discrimination in the Context of Endogenous Ethnic Identification
Hunter, Boyd; Howlett, Monica; Biddle, Nicholas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Gneezy et al. (2012) uses attribution theory from the psychology literature to argue that when the object of discrimination is a matter of choice (e.g. sexual orientation), observed discrimination may motivated by animus, which exacerbates or intensifies the emotional response to the object of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754120
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Racial Identity and Education
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
identity issues. We find that having a higher percentage of same-race friends has a positive effect of white teenagers’ test … friends (which is a measure of own identity) and the parent’s education that are responsible for the difference in education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822127
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Temporary and Persistent Poverty among Ethnic Minorities and the Majority in Rural China
Gustafsson, Björn; Sai, Ding - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Poverty among ethnic minorities and the majority in rural China for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 is investigated taking a dynamic view and using a large sample covering 22 provinces. Based on the National Bureau of Statistics' low income line, almost one-third of the ethnic minorities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822199
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Acculturation Identity and Educational Attainment
Nekby, Lena; Rödin, Magnus; Özcan, Gülay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper explores the identity formation of a cohort of students with immigrant backgrounds in Sweden and the … consequences of identity for subsequent educational attainment. Unique for this study is that identity is defined according to a … two-dimensional acculturation framework based on both strength of identity to the (ethnic) minority and to the (Swedish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822325
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Attitudes towards Immigrants, Other Integration Barriers, and Their Veracity
Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The paper studies opinions and attitudes towards immigrants and minorities and their interactions with other barriers to minorities’ economic integration. Specifically, we consider the minority experts’ own perceptions about these issues, the veracities and repercussions of unfavorable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822780
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Pitfalls of Immigrant Inclusion into the European Welfare State
Kahanec, Martin; Kim, Anna Myunghee; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper's main purpose is to gauge immigrants' demand for social assistance and services and identify the key barriers to social and labor market inclusion of immigrants in the European Union. The data from an online primary survey of experts from organizations working on immigrant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416937
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The Post-Enlargement Migration Experience in the Baltic Labor Markets
Hazans, Mihails; Philips, Kaia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with several other surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EU accession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216288