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Acculturation Identity and Educational Attainment
Nekby, Lena; Rödin, Magnus; Özcan, Gülay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
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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Acculturation Identity and Labor Market Outcomes
Nekby, Lena; Rödin, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
-dimensional acculturation framework based on both strength of identity to the (ethnic) minority and to the (Swedish) majority culture. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761949
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Ethnic Spatial Dispersion and Immigrant Identity
Constant, Amelie F.; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Ethnic groups tend to agglomerate and assemble, mostly in urban areas. While ethnic clustering is critically debated in societies and the consequences for economic outcomes are under debate in research, the process is not yet well understood. A separate literature has also examined the cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734420
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Ethnicity and the Immigration of Highly Skilled Workers to the United States
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper examines ethnicity among highly skilled immigrants to the United States. The paper focuses on five classic … components of ethnicity – country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion – among persons admitted to legal permanent …. India dominates EB-2 and European countries EB-1. (2) The ethnicity portfolio contains more languages than religions. (3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999162
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Children, Kitchen, Church: Does Ethnicity Matter?
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Zaiceva, Anzelika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Gender role attitudes are well-known determinants of female labor supply. This paper examines the strength of those …. Given the low labor force participation of females from ethnic minorities, the role of ethnicity in forming those attitudes … differences for time spent on childcare. The ethnicity effect is also heterogenous across different socioeconomic groups. Hence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762128
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Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836668
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Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance? Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the literature, the question of identifying this relationship empirically has only begun to be explored. Using a unique representative survey of 1500 immigrants in the Greater Dublin...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884255
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Egyptian Men Working Abroad: Labor Supply Responses by the Women Left Behind
Binzel, Christine; Assaad, Ragui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
find a decrease in wage work in both rural and urban areas. However, women living in rural areas and affected by migration … are much more likely to be employed in non-wage activities (i.e. unpaid family work) and subsistence work compared to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876570
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Why Is There No Income Gap Between the Hui Muslim Minority and the Han Majority in Rural Ningxia, China?
Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Sai, Ding - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using a household sample survey for 2006 we show that the Hui population in the rural part of Ningxia autonomous region of China is disadvantaged compared to the Han majority as regards length of education and household per capita wealth. Yet there is no gap in average disposable income between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884335
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Ethnic Differences in Realising Desires to Leave the Neighbourhood
Boschman, Sanne; Kleinhans, Reinout; van Ham, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Selective mobility into and out of neighbourhoods is one of the driving forces of segregation. Empirical research has revealed who wants to leave certain types of neighbourhoods or who leaves certain neighbourhoods. A factor which has received little attention so far is that some residents will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959738