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Ethnische Vielfalt und Arbeitsmarkterfolg (Ethnic diversity and labor market success)
Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 44 (2011) 1/2, pp. 81-89
"The economic potential of ethnic and cultural diversity is often underestimated. This paper summarizes a number of recent studies which show that 'soft' factors such as attitudes, perceptions and identities - and in particular ethnic identities - significantly affect economic outcomes. More...
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Ethnische Vielfalt und Arbeitsmarkterfolg (Ethnic diversity and labor market success)
Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 44 (2011) 1/2, pp. 81-89
"The economic potential of ethnic and cultural diversity is often underestimated. This paper summarizes a number of recent studies which show that 'soft' factors such as attitudes, perceptions and identities - and in particular ethnic identities - significantly affect economic outcomes. More...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732037
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Little Emperors in the UK: Acculturation and food over time
Cappellini, Benedetta; Yen, Dorothy Ai-wan - In: Journal of Business Research 66 (2013) 8, pp. 968-974
This paper investigates the acculturation process of a group of Chinese students living in the UK. It emerges from a … participants' social ties. Three acculturation phases have been individuated. They show that ethnic and non-ethnic ties influence … participants' acculturation process. Students with strong ethnic ties consume Chinese food for maintaining their ethnic identity …
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Ethnic identity, majority norms, and the native–immigrant employment gap
Gorinas, Cédric - In: Journal of Population Economics 27 (2014) 1, pp. 225-250
Earlier studies do not agree on whether ethnic identity, i.e., immigrants’ attachment to the home country and the host country, can explain lower employment outcomes among immigrants. This study investigates the relationship between employment and ethnic identity and complements the literature...
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Acculturation Identity and Labor Market Outcomes
Nekby, Lena; Rödin, Magnus - Linnaeus Center for Integration Studies (SULCIS), … - 2007
-dimensional acculturation framework based on both strength of identity to the (ethnic) minority and to the (Swedish) majority culture. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207131
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Measuring Ethnic Identity and Its Impact on Economic Behavior
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
The paper advocates for a new measure of the ethnic identity of migrants, models its determinants and explores its explanatory power for various types of their economic performance. The ethnosizer, a measure of the intensity of a person's ethnic identity, is constructed from information on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018712
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Hoch qualifizierte Zuwanderer brauchen Integrationsangebote: Fünf Fragen an Klaus F. Zimmermann
In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 42, pp. 645-645
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005350127
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Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 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/10004963632
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Ethnosizing Immigrants
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
The paper provides a new measure of the ethnic identity of immigrants and explores its evolution in the host country. The ethnosizer, a measure of the intensity of a person's ethnic identity, is constructed from information on the following elements: language, culture, societal interaction,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963743
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Measuring Ethnic Identity and Its Impact on Economic Behavior
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
The paper advocates for a new measure of the ethnic identity of migrants, models its determinants and explores its explanatory power for various types of their economic performance. The ethnosizer, a measure of the intensity of a person's ethnic identity, is constructed from information on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963940