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Can Immigrants Insure against Shocks as well as the Native-born?
Islam, Asadul; Stillman, Steven; Worswick, Christopher - 2016
actions to mitigate the direct impact of the shock. In this paper, we use nine years of longitudinal data from the Household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532852
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Can Immigrants Insure against Shocks as Well as the Native-born?
Islam, Asadul; Stillman, Steven; Worswick, Christopher - 2016
actions to mitigate the direct impact of the shock. In this paper, we use nine years of longitudinal data from the Household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524994
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Is immigration good for Europe? Long-run evidence using comprehensive well-being
2024
The immigrant (foreign-born) population increased by 32 million in total across 37 European countries from 1990 to 2019. Much of this movement was from east to west. Indeed, both the total and foreign-born populations declined in the former Eastern Bloc over this period. Such demographic shifts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014578155
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Right-wing extremism and the well-being of immigrants
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299970
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Right-wing extremism and the well-being of immigrants
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266041
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Parteibindungen von Migranten: Parteien brauchen erleichterte Einbürgerung nicht zu fürchten
Kroh, Martin; Tucci, Ingrid - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 47, pp. 821-827
Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund bilden einen stetig wachsenden Anteil an der Bevölkerung Deutschlands. Die Mehrzahl von ihnen kann aufgrund eines fehlenden deutschen Passes nicht an Wahlen teilnehmen. Da aber die Zahl eingebürgerter und damit wahlberechtigter Menschen mit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602094
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Migrants at school: educational inequality and social interaction in the UK and Germany
Entorf, Horst; Tatsi, Eirini - 2009
suggest that the educational gap between natives and migrants is mainly due to the 'endowment effect' provided by the … socioeconomic background of parents and cultural capital at home. Some adverse 'integration effects' do exist for female migrants in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269090
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Indicators of Migrants’ Socio-Professional Integration
Gregori, Emilio - 2006
Understanding and monitoring the diversity which lies under migrants' socio-professional integration trends is a … of the theoretical concept of migrants, foreigners and integration was discussed, as well as the matters concerning the … series from 1996 to 2001. Studying socio-economic migrants integration is a key challenge in order to offer tools for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312653
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Location choices of migrant nest-leavers: Spatial assimilation or continued segregation?
Zorlu, Aslan; Mulder, Clara H. - 2010
We examine ethnic differences in the ethnic composition of the destination neighbourhood upon leaving the parental home using administrative data for the entire birth cohort 1983 living in the Netherlands. The analysis provides little evidence of a clear intergenerational break in the location...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285523
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Religion as an Unemployment Insurance and the Basis of Support for Public Safety Nets: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean
Pecha, Camilo; Ruprah, Inder Jit - 2015
This paper explores the role of religion in mitigating the degree to which unemployment reduces subjective well-being and it examines its support of social programs. The paper goes beyond existing literature in three ways: It extends existing literature to Latin America and Caribbean countries;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314219