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Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2006
The European Union's strategy to raise employment is confronted with very low work participation among many minority … and host country ethnicity to explain that deficit. It introduces a two-dimensional understanding of ethnic identity, as a … immigrants. Using unique German survey data, the paper identifies marked gender differences in the effects of ethnic …
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Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F. - 2014
identity is a major issue; even more challenging is to measure its impact on economic outcomes such as the probability to work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045036
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Cultural integration of first-generation immigrants : evidence from European Union countries
Giovanis, Eleftherios; Akdede, Sacit Hadi - In: Review of Economic Analysis : REA 15 (2023) 2, pp. 97-125
In this study, we aim to explore and compare the frequency of attendance and the reasons for non-attendance to cultural activities between natives and first-generation immigrants in thirteen European countries. The empirical analysis relies on data from the special module on cultural...
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Ethnosizing immigrants: a theoretical framework
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2014
, gender, education, religion, etc.) on their ethnic identity using the ethnosizer. This note presents a basic theoretical …
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Ethnosizing Immigrants : A Theoretical Framework
Epstein, Gil S. - 2014
, gender, education, religion, etc.) on their ethnic identity using the ethnosizer. This note presents a basic theoretical …
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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.
Chiswick, Barry R.; Houseworth, Christina A. - 2019
This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...
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Ethnic identity : a theoretical framework
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-11
literature which studies the effect of the immigrants' characteristics, such as age, gender, education, religion, age at arrival …
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A reluctance to assimilate
Stark, Oded (contributor); Fan, Chengze Simon (contributor) - 2006
Quite often, migrants appear to exert little effort to absorb the mainstream culture and to learn the language of their host society, even though the economic returns (increased productivity and enhanced earnings) to assimilation are high. We show that when interpersonal comparisons affect...
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Ethnic minorities in the European Union : an overview
Kahanec, Martin; Zaiceva, Anzelica; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
measurement challenge and lacking adequate data, we apply several measures of ethnicity and examine various data sources as well … generations. Roma people seem to face particularly grave integration barriers in European labor markets. -- Ethnicity ; ethnic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274110
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Integration as a catalyst for assimilation
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2013
We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host country’s society, and economic assimilation as acquisition of human capital that is specific to the host...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774820