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This paper investigates whether immigrants adapt to the attitudes of the majority population in the host country by focusing on the effect of ethnic persistence and assimilation on individual risk proclivity. Employing information from a unique representative German survey, we find that...
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Gender role attitudes are well-known determinants of female labor supply. This paper examines the strength of those …
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The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic selfidentification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.
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immigrants. Using unique German survey data, the paper identifies marked gender differences in the effects of ethnic …
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males and females separately, and controlling for pre- and post-migration characteristics. We find strong gender differences …
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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....
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This paper investigates whether immigrants adapt to the attitudes of the majority population in the host country by focusing on the effect of ethnic persistence and assimilation on individual risk proclivity. Employing information from a unique representative German survey, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683314
Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being questioned, they can be classified into four states - assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization. This is suggested by the ethnosizer, a newly established measure to...
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for males and females separately, and controlling for pre- and post-migration characteristics. We find strong gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317257
expectations and norms. Parental gender stereotypes are shown to strongly decrease student wellbeing in China. Students are …
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