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Akay, Alpaslan; Constant, Amelie; Giulietti, Corrado; … - 2016

This paper investigates how ethnic diversity, measured by the immigrants' countries of origin, influences the well-being of the host country. Using panel data from Germany for the period 1998 to 2012, we find a positive effect of ethnic diversity on the well-being of German citizens. To...

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Ethnic identification, intermarriage, and unmeasured progress by Mexican Americans

Duncan, Brian (contributor); Trejo, Stephen J. (contributor) - 2005

Using Census and CPS data, we show that U.S.-born Mexican Americans who marry non-Mexicans are substantially more educated and English proficient, on average, than are Mexican Americans who marry co-ethnics (whether they be Mexican Americans or Mexican immigrants). In addition, the non-Mexican...

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Interethnic marriages and economic assimilation of immigrants

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

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The economic incentives of cultural transmission: spatial evidence from naming patterns across France

Algan, Yann; Malgouyres, Clément; Mayer, Thierry; … - 2021

This paper studies how economic incentives influence cultural transmission, using a crucial expression of cultural identity: Child naming decisions. Our focus is on Arabic versus Non-Arabic names given in France over the 2003-2007 period. Our model of cultural transmission features three...

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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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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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Immigration in Europe : trends, policies and empirical evidence

Rica, Sara de la; Glitz, Albrecht; Ortega, Francesc - 2013

This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by … various important European destination countries and Europe as a whole. We then discuss key policy issues in the European …

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Managing refugee protection crises: policy lessons from economics and political science

Hangartner, Dominik; Sarvimäki, Matti; Spirig, Judith - 2021

We review and interpret research on the economic and political effects of receiving asylum seekers and refugees in developed countries, with a particular focus on the 2015 European refugee protection crisis and its aftermath. In the first part of the paper, we examine the consequences of...

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The gender aspect of immigrants' assimilation in Europe

Lee, Tae Hoon; Peri, Giovanni; Viarengo, Martina - 2020

The labor market performance of immigrants relative to natives has been widely studied but its gender dimension has been relatively neglected. Our paper aims at revisiting labor market convergence between immigrants and natives and examining this under-studied dimension in a comprehensive study...

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