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Occupational adjustment of immigrants
Zorlu, Aslan - 2011
This paper examines the speed of the occupational adjustment of immigrants using Labour Force Surveys 2004 and 2005 from Statistics Netherlands. The analysis provides new evidence that immigrants start with jobs at the lower levels of skill distribution. Their occupational achievement improves...
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Who will be idol? The importance of social networks for winning on reality shows
Heizler, Odelia; Kimhi, Ayal - 2010
This paper examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of social networks and belonging to minority groups (or race) on the probability of winning in reality television shows. We develop a theoretical model that studies viewer behavior by presenting a framework of competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272669
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Work and money: payoffs by ethnic identity and gender
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being … by the ethnosizer, a newly established measure to parameterize a person's ethnic identity, using individual information … individuals end up varies among immigrants even from the same country. Moreover, the quest for ethnic identity affects women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269182
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The Determination of a Migration Wave Using Ethnicity and Community Ties
Locher, Lilo - 2001
If people come to live in a country different from their nation state, due to border shifts, expulsion, or migration, they adopt some of the new country?s habits after some time. This paper investigates their (return) migration decision when they have been restricted to live in the foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262554
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Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany - Relative Income Position, Income Portfolio, and Redistribution Effects
Büchel, Felix; Frick, Joachim R. - 2003
Based on data from the BHPS and the GSOEP, we analyse the economic performance of various ethnic groups in the UK and West Germany, as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations. Taking the indigenous population of each country as the reference category, we find that, as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261527
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Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration
Dustmann, Christian; Preston, Ian - 2000
Hostility towards minorities may sometimes have economic rather than racial motives. Labour market fears, or concerns about the welfare system, are often believed to manifest themselves in hostile attitudes towards population groups that are considered to be competitors for these resources. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262398
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Why Are Black-Owned Businesses Less Successful than White-Owned Businesses? : The Role of Families, Inheritances, and Business Human Capital
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia M. - 2004
Four decades ago, Nathan Glazer and Daniel Patrick Moynihan made the argument that the black family "was not strong enough to create those extended clans that elsewhere were most helpful for businessmen and professionals." Using data from the confidential and restricted access Characteristics of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262040
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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed
Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009
ethnic identity: the ethnosizer. To shed further light on the native-migrant differences in economic outcomes, we investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269464
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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999
The speed at which immigrants assimilate is the subject of debate. Human capital formation plays a major role in this discussion. This paper compares the educational attainment of second generation immigrants to those of natives in the same age cohort. Evidence using a large German data set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262283
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Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case
Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000
Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262388