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Cultural Values and Decision to Work of Immigrant Women in Italy
Scoppa, Vincenzo; Stranges, Manuela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We investigate the role of culture in explaining economic outcomes at individual level analyzing how cultural values … from the home country affect the decision to work of immigrants in Italy, using the National Survey of Households with … Immigrants. Following the “epidemiological approach”, we relate the probability of being employed in Italy for immigrant women …
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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 of change while experiencing large inflows of migration. The paper investigates the challenges and the potentials of migration from a European Union perspective. It advocates...
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Family Ties
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We study the role of the most primitive institution in society: the family. Its organization and relationship between generations shape values formation, economic outcomes and influences national institutions. We use a measure of family ties, constructed from the World Values Survey, to review...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010658711
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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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Experts' Awards and Economic Success: Evidence from an Italian Literary Prize
Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Product quality is often unobservable ex-ante and consumers rely on experts' judgments, sometimes in the form of ratings or awards. Do awards affect consumers' choices or, conversely, are they conferred on the most popular products? To disentangle this issue, we use data about the most important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167199
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Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Integration
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
how immigrants identify with the culture of their home and receiving countries, and if natives and immigrants have the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008558950
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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
identity, is constructed from information on the following elements: language, culture, societal interaction, history of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761874
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Culture and Household Decision Making: Balance of Power and Labor Supply Choices of US-born and Foreign-born Couples
Oreffice, Sonia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
non-labor income, controlling for both spouses' demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Households whose culture of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884123
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Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884328
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The Role of Historical Resource Constraints in Modern Gender Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis
Hazarika, Gautam; Jha, Chandan Kumar; Sarangi, Sudipta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We posit that historical resource scarcities played a role in the emergence of gender norms inimical to women that persist to this day. This thesis is supported by our finding that nations’ historical resource endowments, as measured by the historical availability of arable land, are...
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