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Assimilation, Criminality and Ethnic Conflict
Dasgupta, Indraneel; Mukherjee, Diganta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884175
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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
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 discrimination. This paper builds on this insight based on the understanding … be the object of discrimination. A theoretical model is constructed that predicts that the choice to identify interacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754120
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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
discrimination and it turns out to be stronger for immigrants that maintained more intense ties with their origin countries. Finally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959647
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Social Involvement and Level of Household Income among Immigrants: New Evidence from the Israeli Experience
Arbel, Yuval; Tobol, Yossi; Siniver, Erez - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Previous studies of immigrant populations suggest that ceteris paribus (after controlling for the number of years in the receiving country and other socio-demographic variables), the level of income is strongly and positively correlated with fluency in the local language. Based on a phone survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279350
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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two …-religion relationship, immigration policies and concepts? The main findings are the following: (a) immigrants are indeed more religious than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652535
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Peers, Neighborhoods and Immigrant Student Achievement: Evidence from a Placement Policy
Aslund, Olof; Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Immigrants typically perform worse than other students in the OECD countries. We examine to what extent this is due to the population characteristics of the neighborhoods that immigrants grow up in. We address this issue using a governmental refugee placement policy which provides exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527301
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Cross-Nativity Marriages and Human Capital Levels of Children
Furtado, Delia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
A common perception about immigrant assimilation is that association with natives necessarily speeds the process by which immigrants become indistinguishable from natives. Using 2000 Census data, this paper casts doubt on this presumption by examining the effect of an immigrant's marriage to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700884
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Evaluating the Effect of Beauty on Labor Market Outcomes: A Review of the Literature
Liu, Xing; Sierminska, Eva - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
An important underlying determinant of wage discrimination, as well as the gender wage gap is the way the labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959650
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Implicit Prejudice and Ethnic Minorities: Arab-Muslims in Sweden
Agerström, Jens; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
-Muslims, an ethnic minority group subjected to substantial labor market discrimination in Sweden, and more specifically ii … Implicit Association Test (IAT; Greenwald et al., 1998) designed to measure implicit attitudes and productivity stereotypes … groups, this study offers a novel approach to understanding work related prejudice. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703590
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Do Negative Native-Place Stereotypes Lead to Discriminatory Wage Penalties in China's Migrant Labor Markets?
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Connelly, Rachel; Thi Tran, Ngoc-Han - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
traits. Such prejudice does not necessarily lead to wage discrimination. Whether or not it does depends on the nature of the … Project (RUMiC) to explore whether native-place wage discrimination affects migrant workers in China's urban labor markets. We … analyze the question of wage discrimination among migrants by estimating wage equations for men and women, controlling for …
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