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Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010

Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding … how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the … migration as an economic phenomenon; but what about them matters? Properly, we should be looking at the determinants of identity …

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A political economy of the immigrant assimilation : internal dynamics

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010

Within immigrant society different groups wish to help the migrants in different ways – immigrant societies are multi-layered and multi-dimensional. We examine the situation where there exists a foundation that has resources and that wishes to help the migrants. To do so they need migrant...

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Ethnic goods and immigrant assimilation

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2014

Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We argue that among immigrants this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods they choose to consume. Different types of ethnic goods have vastly different effects on...

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