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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 …

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Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Integration

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This chapter deals with the economic and ethnic diversity caused by international labor migration, and their economic integration possibilities. It brings together three strands of literature dealing with the neoclassical economic assimilation, ethnic identities and attitudes towards immigrants...

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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 …

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Work and Money: Payoffs by Ethnic Identity and Gender

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

immigrants in Germany show that ethnic identity is important for the decision to work and significantly and differentially … affects the labor force participation of men and women. Women who exhibit the integrated identity are more likely to work than …

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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. …

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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 …

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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...

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The Effect of Ethnic Identity on the Employment of Immigrants

Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This study evaluates the effect of ethnic identity on the employment level of immigrants in Greece. Treating ethnic identity as a composite of key cultural elements the estimations suggest that employment is positively associated with assimilation and integration and negatively associated with...

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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...

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Ethnic Identity and Immigrants' Wages in Greece

Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This study investigates the impact of ethnic identity on Albanian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Georgian, and Russian wages in Greece. Treating ethnic identity as a composite of language, cultural habits, ethnic-self identification, societal interaction, and future citizenship plans, the estimations...

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