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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two … sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652535
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Bridges or Buffers? Motives behind Immigrants’ Religiosity – A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University - 2013
of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify … populations in the receiving countries, both in Europe and in the United States; and (b) while in the United States the … religiosity of immigrants serves as a bridge between the immigrants and the local population, in Europe it has mainly the function …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701062
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Bridges or Buffers? Motives behind Immigrants’ Religiosity - A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to … indeed more religious than the populations in the receiving countries, both in Europe and in the United States; and (b) while … Europe it has mainly the function of a buffer and of a “balm for the soul”. There is an extensive literature on the ‘bridge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084585
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CULTURAL VALUES AND DECISION TO WORK OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN IN ITALY
Scoppa, Vincenzo; Stranges, Manuela - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Statistiche e … - 2014
We investigate the role of culture in explaining economic outcomes at individual level analyzing how cultural values from the home country affect the decision to work of immigrants in Italy, using the National Survey of Households with Immigrants. Following the “epidemiological approach”, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010934385
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Cultural Values and Decision to Work of Immigrant Women in Italy
Scoppa, Vincenzo; Stranges, Manuela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We investigate the role of culture in explaining economic outcomes at individual level analyzing how cultural values from the home country affect the decision to work of immigrants in Italy, using the National Survey of Households with Immigrants. Following the “epidemiological approach”, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959647
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Social Involvement and Level of Household Income among Immigrants: New Evidence from the Israeli Experience
Arbel, Yuval; Tobol, Yossi; Siniver, Erez - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Previous studies of immigrant populations suggest that ceteris paribus (after controlling for the number of years in the receiving country and other socio-demographic variables), the level of income is strongly and positively correlated with fluency in the local language. Based on a phone survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279350
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The Effect of Host Society Culture on Migrant Wage Discrimination: Approaching the Roestigraben
Kohler, Pierre - International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute … - 2012
differences between migrants and natives are larger in the German region. Building on this, the paper begins with a comparison of … show returns to factors of wage-earning migrants are lower in the German region for a preponderant majority of migrant … approach confirm that host society culture is one of the determinants of wage discrimination endured by migrants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010543529
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Peers, neighborhoods and immigrant student achievement - evidence from a placement policy
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Grönqvist, Hans; … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2009
Immigrants typically perform worse than other students in the OECD countries. We examine to what extent this is due to the population characteristics of the neighborhoods that immigrants grow up in. We address this issue using a governmental refugee placement policy which provides exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317959
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Peers, Neighborhoods and Immigrant Student Achievement - Evidence from a Placement Policy
Åslund, Olof; Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; … - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet - 2010
We examine to what extent immigrant school performance is affected by the characteristics of the neighborhoods that they grow up in. We address this issue using a refugee placement policy which provides exogenous variation in the initial place of residence in Sweden. The main result is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727658
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Peers, neighborhoods and immigrant student achievement - evidence from a placement policy
Grönqvist; Åslund, Olof; Edin, Per-Anders; … - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2009
Immigrants typically perform worse than other students in the OECD countries. We examine to what extent this is due to the population characteristics of the neighborhoods that immigrants grow up in. We address this issue using a governmental refugee placement policy which provides exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458263