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Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The European Union’s strategy to raise employment is confronted with very low work participation among many minority … and host country ethnicity to explain that deficit. It introduces a two-dimensional understanding of ethnic identity, as a … immigrants. Using unique German survey data, the paper identifies marked gender differences in the effects of ethnic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822658
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Measuring Ethnic Identity and Its Impact on Economic Behavior
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
. Empirical evidence studying economic behavior like work participation, earnings and housing decisions demonstrates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761874
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Ethnosizing Immigrants
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
ethnicity of individuals, measured by country of origin, remains relevant. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763645
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Migrant Ethnic Identity: Concept and Policy Implications
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
With globalization, the size of migration and the value of ethnicity is rising. Also Cyprus undergoes a strong process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822311
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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566435
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Ethnic Self-Identification of First-Generation Immigrants
Zimmermann, Laura; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Constant, Amelie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
for males and females separately, and controlling for pre- and post-migration characteristics. We find strong gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233834
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Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants
Zimmermann, Laura; Gataullina, Liliya; Constant, Amelie; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703405
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Immigrants, Ethnic Identities and the Nation-State
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In the Western world, multiculturalism has become the way to view and form "nationhood," igniting the interest to understand and model identity. The complexity of identity formation, however, has been firm and ethnic and national identities have been deviating more and more. In this paper, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010705561
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Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Roberts, Rowan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761833
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Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
identity is a major issue; even more challenging is to measure its impact on economic outcomes such as the probability to work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959840