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

This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to … Germany. …

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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999

The speed at which immigrants assimilate is the subject of debate. Human capital formation plays a major role in this discussion. This paper compares the educational attainment of second generation immigrants to those of natives in the same age cohort. Evidence using a large German data set...

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Ethnic German Migration since 1989 - Results and Perspectives

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999

Among all European countries, Germany absorbs by far the largest number of immigrants. But to date, the German … economic situation in Germany deteriorated. Ethnic Germans are basically facing the same difficulties with social and economic … integration as foreigners. A majority of young Ethnic Germans have no cultural or language ties to Germany. Insufficient language …

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Migrant ethnic identity: concept and policy implications

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007

its determinants and explores its explanatory power for various types of economic performance. The ethnosizer, a measure …

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Work and money: payoffs by ethnic identity and gender

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

immigrants in Germany show that ethnic identity is important for the decision to work and significantly and differentially …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269182

Measuring ethnic identity and its impact on economic behavior

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007

explanatory power for various types of their economic performance. The ethnosizer, a measure of the intensity of a person's ethnic …

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Clash of cultures: Muslims and Christians in the ethnosizing process

Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 2006

data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and …

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Human capital and ethnic self-identification of migrants

Zimmermann, Laura; Gataullina, Liliya; Constant, Amelie F. - 2006

The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country

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Naturalization proclivities, ethnicity and integration

Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 2007

This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslav immigrants in Germany …, but not to those educated in Germany. We find that the degree of integration in German society has a differential effect … on citizenship acquisition. While a longer residence in Germany has a negative influence on actual or future …

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International migration, ethnicity and economic inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008

While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...

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