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Ethnic goods and immigrant assimilation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2015
Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We argue that among immigrants this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods they choose to consume. Different types of ethnic goods have vastly different effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398371
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Ethnic goods and immigrant assimilation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2014
Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We argue that among immigrants this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods they choose to consume. Different types of ethnic goods have vastly different effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340379
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Ethnic goods and immigrant assimilation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2014
Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We argue that among immigrants this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods they choose to consume. Different types of ethnic goods have vastly different effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252642
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Ethnic goods and immigrant assimilation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2014
Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We argue that among immigrants this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods they choose to consume. Different types of ethnic goods have vastly different effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010390778
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Migration and Culture
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010
how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008810057
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Migration and culture
Epstein, Gil S. (contributor) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008654599
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Migration and culture
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010
how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008658260
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Ethnic identity : a theoretical framework
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-11
We present a basic theoretical framework of ethnic identity, i.e., the level of immigrant's commitment to his or her host society as well as the immigrant's commitment to his or her home society. Our model can explain the emerging empirical literature which studies the effect of the immigrants'...
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Assimilation through marriage
Epstein, Gil S.; Lindner Pomerantz, Renana - 2012
-theoretic approach to show that, even in situations where migrants and natives prefer to marry within their own community, the search … process may lead to intermarriage. The exogamy can take on two forms: either migrants and natives each hold on to their own …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009620951
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Migrants, ethnicity and the welfare state
Epstein, Gil S. - 2012
A model is set up where migrants must choose a level of social traits and consumption of ethnic goods. As the … consumption level of ethnic goods increases, the migrants become ever more different to the local population and are less … assimilated. Less assimilation affects the reaction of the local population to the migrants and their willingness to accept the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621809