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immigrants in Germany show that ethnic identity is important for the decision to work and significantly and differentially … affects the labor force participation of men and women. Women who exhibit the integrated identity are more likely to work than …
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This chapter deals with the economic and ethnic diversity caused by international labor migration, and their economic integration possibilities. It brings together three strands of literature dealing with the neoclassical economic assimilation, ethnic identities and attitudes towards immigrants...
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and ethnicity indicators exert on the probability to naturalize beyond the standard individual and human capital …
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natives differentiating by gender and immigrant generation. Indicators which are supposed to capture cultural integration of … differentiated by ethnic origin, gender and generation. This allows visualization of differences by ethnic groups and development … differences among immigrants and between immigrants and Germans do exist and differ significantly by ethnic origin, gender and …
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The standard approach of analysing gaps in social and labor market outcomes of different ethnic groups relies on analysis of statistical data about the affected groups. In this paper we go beyond this approach by measuring the views of expert stakeholders involved in minority integration. This...
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measurement challenge and lacking adequate data, we apply several measures of ethnicity and examine various data sources as well …
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This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of ethnic identity: the ethnosizer. To shed further light...
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Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
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In this paper we study the economic effects of risk attitudes, time preferences, trust and reciprocity while we compare natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between the two groups mainly in terms of risk attitudes...
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The paper studies opinions and attitudes towards immigrants and minorities and their interactions with other barriers to minorities' economic integration. Specifically, we consider the minority experts' own perceptions about these issues, the veracities and repercussions of unfavorable attitudes...
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