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Immigrant self-employment : does intermarriage matter?

Georgarakos, Dimitris; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2009

This paper investigates the effect of a native spouse on the transitions into and out of entrepreneurship of male immigrants in the U.S. We find that those married to a native are less likely to start up a business compared to those married to an immigrant. This finding is robust when the...

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Neighborhood diversity and the appreciation of native- and immigrant-owned homes

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Sinning, Mathias G. - 2009

This paper examines the effect of neighborhood diversity on the nativity gap in home-value appreciation in Australia. Specifically, immigrant homeowners experienced a 41.7 percent increase in median home values between 2001 and 2006, while the median value of housing owned by the native-born...

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Birthplace diversity and economic prosperity

Alesina, Alberto; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013

We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people's birthplaces. This new index is then decomposed into a size (share of foreign born) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component and is available for 1990 and 2000 disaggregated...

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Interethnic marriages and economic assimilation of immigrants

Kantarevic, Jasmin (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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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 - 2012

sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …

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Religiosity and migration : travel into one's self versus travel across cultures

Aleksynska, Mariya; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2011

This paper examines differences in religious behaviors of the native born and immigrants in Europe, measured as self …

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What explains prevalence of informal employment in European countries : the role of labor institutions, governance, immigrants, and growth

Hazans, Mihails - 2011

capita has a positive impact on informality in Europe at large and within Eastern and Southern Europe. Other things equal … falls with stricter employment protection legislation (EPL) and higher tax wedge on labor. Thus it appears that in Europe at … Eastern and Southern Europe or Western and Northern Europe are considered separately. Furthermore, within Western and Northern …

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Assimilation through marriage

Epstein, Gil S.; Lindner Pomerantz, Renana - 2012

During the last few decades cultural changes have been taking place in many countries due to migration. The degree to which the foreign culture influences the local culture, differs across countries. This paper shows how the willingness of locals and immigrants to intermarry influences the...

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Examining the relationships between labour market mismatches, earnings and job satisfaction among immigrant graduates in Europe

McGuinness, Séamus; Byrne, Delma - 2014

This paper uses graduate survey data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and wage/job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among immigrants graduating from EU 15 based universities in 2005. Female immigrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a...

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Education policies and migration across European countries

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Kuehn, Zoë - 2016

This paper tests whether and how two education policies: (i) increasing the length of compulsory education and (ii) introducing foreign languages into compulsory school curricula, affect subsequent migration across European countries. We construct a novel data base that includes information on...

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