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Immigrants and religion
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2014
the Economics of Religion and the Economics of Immigration, and distinguishes between religiosity per se and an immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341307
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How do immigrants spend their time? : the process of assimilation
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2010
Using 2004-2008 data from the American Time Use Survey, we show that sharp differences between the time use of immigrants and natives become noticeable when activities are distinguished by incidence and intensity. We develop a theory of the process of assimilation – what immigrants do with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003976859
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Labor market incorporation of immigrants in Japan and the United States : a comparative analysis
Cornelius, Wayne A.; Tsuda, Takeyuki - 2002
The most commonly used model of labor market incorporation among immigrants in the United States analyzes their earnings largely as a function of human capital variables such as education, language competence, age, length of residence and employment experience in the receiving country. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411093
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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.
Houseworth, Christina A.; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2019
themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001498
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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 …, religious pluralism, religious freedom, and societal attitudes towards religion are important predictors of religiosity. These …. -- economics of religion ; religiosity ; immigrants ; secularization ; culture ; integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307590
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Immigrants and demography : marriage, divorce, and fertility
Adserà, Alícia; Ferrer, Ana M. - 2014
This is a draft chapter for B. R. Chiswick and P. W. Miller (eds.) Handbook on the Economics of International Migration. It discusses some of the data and methodological challenges to estimating trends in family formation and union dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250042
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Faith and assimilation: Italian immigrants in the US
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Tabellini, Marco - 2021
Ethnic religious organizations are often blamed for slowing down immigrants' assimilation in host societies. This paper offers the first systematic evidence on this topic by focusing on Italian Catholic churches in the US between 1890 and 1920, when four million Italians had moved to America,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012592821
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How economics helped shape American Judaism
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2010
observance in the coming decades. -- economics ; religion ; Judaism ; economic history ; immigrant adjustment ; education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688845
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The economic determinants of ethnic assimilation
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman (contributor) - 2006
Expanding on the concept of ethnic human capital, the paper distinguishes between cultural assimilation compatible with persistent ethnic groups and assimilation through intermarriage and other mechanisms that blur distinctions and lead to the disappearance of ethnic identities. Economic...
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Cross-nativity marriages and human capital levels of children
Furtado, Delia (contributor) - 2009
A common perception about immigrant assimilation is that association with natives necessarily speeds the process by which immigrants become indistinguishable from natives. Using 2000 Census data, this paper casts doubt on this presumption by examining the effect of an immigrant's marriage to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794040