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Naturalization and citizenship: Who benefits?
Gathmann, Christina - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
. The gains from citizenship are particularly apparent among immigrants from poorer countries. A key policy question is …
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Naturalization and citizenship: Who benefits?
Gathmann, Christina; Monscheuer, Ole - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)
earnings and more stable jobs. Gains are particularly large for immigrants from poorer countries. Moreover, citizenship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269605
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Emigration of Immigrants and Measures of Immigrant Assimilation: Evidence from Sweden.
Edin, Per-Anders; LaLonde, Robert J.; Åslund, Olof - 2000
Most previously used measures of immigrant labor market assimilation will be biased if there is non-random emigration … of immigrants. We use longitudinal data on immigration to Sweden 1970-1990 to examine the extent and pattern of immigrant … emigration and its consequences for measures of assimilation. Large fractions of the immigrants leave the host country shortly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321782
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Life satisfaction of immigrants: Does cultural assimilation matter?
Angelini, Viola; Casi, Laura; Corazzini, Luca - 2014
We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352763
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The Elusive Concept of Immigrant Quality: Evidence from 1970-1990
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Regets, Mark C. - 2002
The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public … in the immigration flows from different countries, sampling error, and the effects of emigration – is fundamentally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262373
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Economic and cultural gaps among foreign-born minorities in Spain
de la Rica, Sara; Ortega, Francesc - 2009
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276401
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Inter- and intra-marriage premiums revisited: It's probably who you are, not who you marry!
Nekby, Lena - 2010
For immigrants, intermarriage with natives is assumed to have an assimilating role due to the enhancement of local human capital such a union creates in the form of improved knowledge about host country institutions, language and customs as well as access to native spouses' networks and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278703
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Estimating Immigrant Earnings Profiles when Migrations are Temporary
Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2016
The assumption that all migrations are permanent, which pervaded the early microdata-based research on immigrant career profiles, is not supported by the empirical evidence. Rather, many - if not most - migrations appear to be temporary. In this paper, therefore, we illustrate the estimation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532874
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Assimilate for god: The impact of religious divisions on Danish American communities
Bentzen, Jeanet Sinding; Boberg-Fazlić, Nina; Sharp, Paul - 2024
The cultural assimilation of immigrants into the host society is often equated with prospects for economic success …, with religion seen as a potential barrier. We investigate the role of ethnic enclaves and churches for the assimilation of …. The former sought the preservation of Danish culture and tradition, while the latter encouraged assimilation. We use data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551724
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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/10010435280