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A Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for newly-arrived immigrants to Sweden was implemented from October 2006 to June 2008 in order to meet the main criticisms directed at existing introduction programs. Two primary innovations were introduced, flexible language instruction parallel with other...
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Using a new data on 590 Turkish households in Berlin, we investigate the determinants and impact of integration on … networks have no impact on integration. There is strong evidence that political integration and the degree of full integration …
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integration in the different European countries, their position in the wage distribution, and the situation of their children, and …
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concentration on social integration. The exogenous placement of immigrants "switches off" observable and unobservable differences in …-ethnics increases migrants' interaction cost with natives and thus reduces the likelihood of integration. …
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In this paper the hypothesis that partnerships between immigrants and natives are less specialized – in the sense that spouses provide similar working hours per weekday – than those between immigrants is tested. The empirical analysis relies on panel data using a two-limit random effects...
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This paper examines differences in religious behaviors of the native born and immigrants in Europe, measured as self-reported religiosity, frequency of praying, and frequency of church attendance. Using the European Social Survey, we first show that, on average, religiosity of immigrants is...
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' outcomes and specific policies aimed at immigrants' integration are rather disparate, raising further questions regarding both …
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immigrants in the Netherlands towards integration. Shortly after the attacks, Muslim immigrants' perceived integration, as … for the existence of a negative trend in the integration of Muslims prior to the terrorist attacks. We further show that … terrorism has a particularly negative impact on the integration of the highly educated, employed, and less religious Muslims …
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We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect of increasing the number of immigrants in a classroom on natives test scores, keeping class size constant (Pure Composition Effect). We explain why this is a relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. We show...
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literature dealing with the evaluation of labor market programs and with the economic integration of immigrants. Next to …
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