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cohort. Evidence using a large German data set suggests ethnicity does matter: the size of the ethnic network has a positive …
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theoretical model useful for examining the consequences for assimilation and harassment of growth in the minority population, time … different interests in assimilating and in maintaining their cultural identity. We discuss how this affects the minority …
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the role of ethnicity and ethnic identity for relative economic performance. … empirically documented und theoretically explained in a core model. Also, immigrant assimilation and selection is discussed, as is …
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This paper compares the economic and cultural gaps of the largest foreign-born ethnic minorities in Spain: Latinos, Eastern Europeans, Moroccans and individuals from Other Muslim countries. We focus on several outcomes: the gender education gap, early marriage, inter-ethnic marriage, fertility,...
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We analyze the assimilation patterns of Muslim immigrants in Western countries with a unique identification strategy … to identify Muslims as such due to their lower assimilation, reveal their distaste for Muslims. …
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remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic … identity is a major issue; even more challenging is to measure its impact on economic outcomes such as the probability to work … or the earnings of immigrants. The thin but burgeoning theoretical and empirical literature shows that ethnic identity …
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remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic … identity is a major issue; even more challenging is to measure its impact on economic outcomes such as the probability to work … or the earnings of immigrants. The thin but burgeoning theoretical and empirical literature shows that ethnic identity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959840
Within immigrant society different groups wish to help the migrants in different ways - immigrant societies are multi-layered and multi-dimensional. We examine the situation where there exists a foundation that has resources and that wishes to help the migrants. To do so they need migrant groups...
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local workers and migrants can invest effort in assimilation activities in order to increase the assimilation of the … size (in the firm) of each group and the cost of activities on the migrants' assimilation process. …
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This paper explores the relative success of ethnic and immigrant Ukrainians in Canada and in the United States. We found evidence for both a sheepskin and citizenship effects, which partially explains the strong economic performance of Ukrainian immigrants in Canada. Ukrainian immigrants to the...
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