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Integration of Immigrants in Host Countries - What We Know and What Works

Frattini, Tommaso - 2017

Integration of immigrants is at the forefront of policy concerns in many countries. This paper starts by documenting … discusses how public policies may affect immigrants' integration. First, we review the evidence on the effectiveness of language … immigrants' integration patterns. In particular, based on a review of the recent literature, we highlight the role of visa length …

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(The Struggle for) Refugee Integration into the Labour Market : Evidence from Europe

Fasani, Francesco - 2018

In this paper, we use repeated cross-sectional survey data to study the labour market performance of refugees across several EU countries and over time. In the first part, we document that labour market outcomes for refugees are consistently worse than those for other comparable migrants. The...

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On the Economics and Politics of Refugee Migration

Dustmann, Christian - 2017

, we illustrate the economic integration of past refugee migrants to EU countries and conclude with several policy …

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Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation

Abdulloev, Ilhom - 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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The Formation of Migrant Networks

Comola, Margherita - 2014

This paper provides the first direct evidence on the determinants of link formation among immigrants in the host society. We use a purposely-designed survey on a representative sample of Sri Lankan immigrants living in Milan to study how migrants form social links among them and the extent to...

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Even Education and Experience Has its Limits : Closing the Wage Gap

Epstein, Gil S. - 2015

Economic outcomes are compared for university graduates in Israel belonging to four different ethnic groups. A unique dataset is used that includes all individuals who graduated with a first degree from universities and colleges in Israel between the years 1995 and 2008 and which tracks them for...

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Social Determinants of Labour Market Status of Ethnic Minorities in Britain

Kahanec, Martin - 2013

positive role of social integration in the host society on labor market outcomes of ethnic minority groups …

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Learning About Farming : Innovation and Social Networks in a Resettled Community in Brazil

Comola, Margherita; Inguaggiato, Carla; Mendola, Mariapia - 2021

We study the role of social learning in the diffusion of cash crops in a resettled village economy in northeastern Brazil. We combine detailed geo-coded data on farming plots with dyadic data on social ties among settlers, and we leverage natural exogenous variation in network formation induced...

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Immigration : The European Experience

Dustmann, Christian; Frattini, Tommaso - 2012

integration in the different European countries, their position in the wage distribution, and the situation of their children, and …

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Ethnosizing Immigrants : A Theoretical Framework

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler-Cohen, Odelia - 2015

, and ethnic self-identification, the method classifies that individual into one of four states: assimilation, integration …

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