differential is explained by differences in observed characteristics. We also investigate the effect that assimilation has on the …

migrants. Thus, assimilation differentiates immigrants more in their decision to return than education or gender. In particular …

of the paper is dedicated to testing culture transmission and culture assimilation hypothesis with respect to civic … participation. Culture assimilation is analysed within the traditional synthetic cohort methodology, and also by testing whether the … levels of immigrants’ civic participation depend on the levels of natives’ civic participation in the same countries. Culture …

Quite often, migrants appear to exert little effort to absorb the mainstream culture and to learn the language of their … host society, even though the economic returns (increased productivity and enhanced earnings) to assimilation are high. We … show that when interpersonal comparisons affect individuals’ wellbeing and when a more intensive assimilation results in …

This paper intends to explore the utilization of entropy through football, generalizing the interpretation of entropy …. We consider it as a measure of competitiveness of football leagues and relate it to the UEFA ranking, which ranks yearly …

The Japanese Professional Football League (J-league) was established in 1993. Based on individual level data, this … study investigated how emergence of the league affected Japanese people playing football using the differences … more likely to play football after emergence of the J-League than before it emerged. (2) There was a positive effect of the …

This paper used the Fédération International de Football Association (FIFA) world ranking points data to examine how …

I investigate the impact of foreign players on international football performance of club teams and national teams in …