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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 - 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/10010209718
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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 - 2012
mainly the function of a buffer and of "balm to the soul". -- immigration ; religion ; integration ; Europe ; United States … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state-religion …This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533442
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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 - 2012
religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state-religion …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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109434
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between the United States and Europe? : the Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
Mobility ; Openness ; Political Economy ; Beliefs ; Religion ; Immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909517
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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between United States and Europe? : the Janus face of Switzerland
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009 - Rev. version
Mobility ; Openness ; Political Economy ; Beliefs ; Religion ; Immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894063
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Retirement Outcomes : Impacts of Outreach
Viceisza, Angelino C. G.; Calhoun, Amaia; Lee, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We review select literature on racial and ethnic disparities in retirement outcomes and the impact of outreach on such outcomes. First, there are significant disparities in retirement outcomes, reflecting a long history of racism and structural barriers. Second, there is comparatively little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388812
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Jobcenters' strategies to promoting the inclusion of immigrant and native job seekers : a comparative analysis based on PASS survey data
Lehweß-Litzmann, René; Söhn, Janina - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-24
the amount of time since immigration. Recent immigrants have the lowest chance of reporting most of the studied measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013368686
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Religion and the Great Divergence of East and West : The Persistent Effects of Networks of Church and State in the History of China and Europe
Root, Hilton L. - 2022
This article explores religion’s contribution to the cultural capital of the modern market economy. Networks of Church … that have endured into the present and set the economic history of China apart from that of Europe. The imprints of those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078503
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Religiosity : A Comparison between Latin Europe and Latin America
Rossi, Ianina - 2010
We present a brief discussion about religious behavior from a microeconomic perspective considering individual decisions about church attendance and its frequency in some Latin European and American countries. With this aim, we analyze the links between individuals' religiosity and several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013142199
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Religion and the Great Divergence of East and West : The Persistent Effects of Networks of Church and State in the Economic History of China and Europe
Root, Hilton L. - 2022
transmission of cultural values that have endured into the present and set the economic history of China apart from that of Europe … constraints—customs, norms, ethics—despite the recent gains in industrial development and global integration of the Chinese … economy. “…indeed society developed only so fast as religion enlarged its sphere. We cannot say that religious progress …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013295218