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Cultural integration in Germany
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271257
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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/10014202411
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Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity : It Pays to Be Self-Employed
Constant, Amelie F. - 2009
wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany - self-employed and salaried …-employment sector that offers better opportunities and monetary success. Self-employed women in Germany fare well and most importantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206875
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Editoria l: IZA Journal of Migration
Constant, Amelie F.; Fougère, Denis; Giulietti, Corrado; … - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1
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The Comparison of Incomes of Self-Employed and Salaried Workers Among German Nationals and Immigrants
Constant, Amelie F. - 2006
This paper attempts to compare the economic success of immigrants and natives in Germany. Employing data from German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012735005
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Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F. - 2014
Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045036
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Ethnic Persistence, Assimilation and Risk Proclivity
Bonin, Holger - 2007
The paper investigates the role of social norms as a determinant of individual attitudes by analyzing risk proclivity reported by immigrants and natives in a unique representative German survey. We employ factor analysis to construct measures of immigrants' ethnic persistence and assimilation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777919
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Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2006
The European Union's strategy to raise employment is confronted with very low work participation among many minority ethnic groups, in particular among immigrants. This study examines the potential of immigrants' identification with the home and host country ethnicity to explain that deficit. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779056
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Naturalization Proclivities, Ethnicity and Integration
Constant, Amelie F. - 2008
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012725845
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Circular Migration : Counts of Exits and Years Away from the Host Country
Constant, Amelie F. - 2008
panel data from Germany. More than 60% of migrants from the guestworker countries are indeed repeat or circular migrants …. Migrants from European Union member countries, those not owning a dwelling in Germany, the younger and the older (excluding the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773400