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Immigrants, ethnic identities and the nation-state

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012

In the Western world, multiculturalism has become the way to view and form "nationhood," igniting the interest to understand and model identity. The complexity of identity formation, however, has been firm and ethnic and national identities have been deviating more and more. In this paper, we...

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Attitudes towards immigrants, other integration barriers, and their veracity

Constant, Amelie (contributor); Kahanec, Martin (contributor) - 2008

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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Beyond the average : peer heterogeneity and intergenerational transmission of education

Chakraborty, Tanika; Nottmeyer, Olga; Schüller, Simone; … - 2014

location choice of immigrants and the reflection problem. We exploit a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany to identify …

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What makes an entrepreneur and does it pay? : Native men, turks, and other migrants in Germany

Constant, Amelie (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Occupational choice across generations

Constant, Amelie (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The making of entrepreneurs in Germany : are native men and immigrants alike?

Constant, Amelie (contributor); … - 2004

and native men in Germany and to understand their underlying drive into self-employment. Employing data from the German … Socioeconomic Panel 2000 release we find that self-employment is not significantly affected by exposure to Germany or by human … self-employed than native Germans. The earnings of self-employed men increase with exposure to Germany, hours worked and …

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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed

Constant, Amelie; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009

in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of … Germany. Our results indicate that separated migrants have a relatively slow reintegration into the labor market. We explain …

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Cultural integration in Germany

Constant, Amelie; Nottmeyer, Olga; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to … Germany. -- Cultural integration ; immigrants ; Germany ; ethnic origin ; gender ; generation …

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Economic preferences and attitudes of the unemployed : are natives and second generation migrants alike?

Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2010

natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between …

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Home sweet home? : macroeconomic conditions in home countries and the well-being of migrants

Akay, Alpaslan; Bargain, Olivier; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

the degree of assimilation in Germany, which is consistent with a switch of migrants' reference point from home countries …

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