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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282226
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Are Wages in Southern Europe More Flexible? : The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings
Brunello, Giorgio; Lauer, Charlotte - 2004
study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262046
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Assimilation and integration of immigrants in Europe
Aleksynska, Mariya; Algan, Yann - 2010
This paper documents assimilation of immigrants in European destinations along cultural, civic, and economic dimensions, distinguishing by immigrants' generation, duration of stay, and origin. Based on the European Social Survey, it suggests that assimilation may have multiple facets, and take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274577
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The effects of the recent economic crisis on social protection and labour market arrangements across socio-economic groups
Basso, Gaetano; Dolls, Matthias; Eichhorst, Werner; … - 2011
The Great Recession did not only affect European countries to a varying extent, its impact on national labour markets and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282291
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Immigrant welfare receipt across Europe
Barrett, Alan; Maître, Bertrand - 2011
The issue of welfare receipt by immigrants is highly controversial across Europe. In this paper, we assess whether … protecting immigrants from poverty across Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278744
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The relationship between EU indicators of persistent and current poverty
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Van Kerm, Philippe - 2012
The current poverty rate and the persistent poverty rate are both included in the EU's portfolio of primary indicators of social inclusion. We show that there is a near-linear relationship between these two indicators across EU countries drawing on empirical analysis of EU-SILC and ECHP data....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291391
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Social deprivation and exclusion of immigrants in Germany
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Sinning, Mathias - 2007
This paper aims at providing empirical evidence on social exclusion of immigrants in Germany. We demonstrate that when using a conventional definition of the social inclusion index typically applied in the literature, immigrants appear to experience a significant degree of social deprivation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268244
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Aliyah to Israel: Immigration under Conditions of Adversity
Neuman, Shoshana - 1999
A snapshot at figures of immigration (Aliyah) to the Land of Israel (Palestine) and to the State of Israel reveals the following: between 1882-1947, in successive waves of immigration, some 543,000 Jews immigrated to Palestine, joining the 24,000 who lived there. During the first three years of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262309
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Social involvement and level of household income among immigrants: New evidence from the Israeli experience
Arbel, Yuval; Tobol, Yossi; Siniver, Erez - 2012
Previous studies of immigrant populations suggest that ceteris paribus (after controlling for the number of years in the receiving country and other socio-demographic variables), the level of income is strongly and positively correlated with fluency in the local language. Based on a phone survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282179
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Identifying Population Groups at High Risk of Social Exclusion: Evidence from the ECHP
Tsakloglou, Panos; Papadopoulos, Fotis - 2001
In recent years in the public discourse of many European countries there has been a shift in emphasis from ?poverty? to ?social exclusion?. Broadly interpreted, ?social exclusion? implies the ?inability of an individual to participate in the basic political, economic and social functionings of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262596