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Ethnosizing Immigrants : A Theoretical Framework
Epstein, Gil S. - 2014
, gender, education, religion, etc.) on their ethnic identity using the ethnosizer. This note presents a basic theoretical …
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The Evaluation of Immigration Policies
Rinne, Ulf - 2012
This chapter summarizes the literature on the evaluation of immigration policies. It brings together two strands of the literature dealing with the evaluation of labor market programs and with the economic integration of immigrants. Next to immigrant selection and settlement policies, there are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109791
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An Expert Stakeholder's View on European Integration Challenges
Constant, Amelie F. - 2014
The standard approach of analyzing 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068832
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Pitfalls of Immigrant Inclusion into the European Welfare State
Kahanec, Martin - 2012
This paper's main purpose is to gauge immigrants' demand for social assistance and services and identify the key barriers to social and labor market inclusion of immigrants in the European Union. The data from an online primary survey of experts from organizations working on immigrant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112785
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Conformism, Social Norms and the Dynamics of Assimilation
Olcina, Gonzalo - 2018
We consider a model where each individual (or ethnic minority) is embedded in a network of relation-ships and decides whether or not she wants to be assimilated to the majority norm. Each individual wants her behavior to agree with her personal ideal action or norm but also wants her behavior to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922451
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The Economic Determinants of Ethnic Assimilation
Chiswick, Carmel U. - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317529
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Labour Market Status and Migration Dynamics
Bijwaard, Govert E. - 2009
In this empirical paper we assess how labour market transitions and out- and repeated migration of immigrants are interrelated. We estimate a multi-state multiple spell competing risks model with four states: employed, unemployed receiving benefits, out-of-the-labour market (no benefits) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154986
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Ethnic Minorities in the European Union : An Overview
Kahanec, Martin - 2010
measurement challenge and lacking adequate data, we apply several measures of ethnicity and examine various data sources as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134811
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Children, Kitchen, Church : Does Ethnicity Matter?
Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2007
Gender role attitudes are well-known determinants of female labor supply. This paper examines the strength of those …. Given the low labor force participation of females from ethnic minorities, the role of ethnicity in forming those attitudes … no ethnic differences for time spent on childcare. The ethnicity effect is also heterogenous across different socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775697
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Beyond the Origin Dummy : Heterogeneity of Ethnicity and Human Capital Accumulation
Postepska, Agnieszka - 2021
investigates how three aspects of ethnicity affect human capital formation: group's quality, size and closeness of ties. Relying on … heteroskedasticity to identify parameters in the presence of endogenous regressors, I find evidence of heterogenous effects of ethnicity …
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