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Bridges or buffers? : motives behind immigrants’ religiosity
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive – whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224804
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Immigrant influx and social cohesion erosion
Neymotin, Florence - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-29
If immigration causes a decrease in social cohesion, then it may also be an important contributing factor in the recent … failure of financial institutions. The present analysis finds some evidence for a negative relationship between immigration … counterpoint, lending support to the alternative idea that immigration does not in fact decrease social cohesion. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010372491
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Assimilation and Integration of Immigrants in Europe
Aleksynska, Mariya - 2010
This paper documents assimilation of immigrants in European destinations along cultural, civic, and economic dimensions, distinguishing by immigrants' generation, duration of stay, and origin. Based on the European Social Survey, it suggests that assimilation may have multiple facets, and take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137799
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Does Culture Affect Divorce Decisions? Evidence from European Immigrants in the US
Furtado, Delia - 2011
This paper explores the role of culture in determining divorce decisions by examining country of origin differences in divorce rates of immigrants in the United States. Because childhood-arriving immigrants are all exposed to a common set of US laws and institutions, we interpret relationships...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120410
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Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2019
We examine the relationship between immigration and attitudes toward redistribution using a newly assembled data set of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870442
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The impact of natives' attitudes towards immigrants on their integration in the host country
Schilling, Pia; Stillman, Steven - 2021
Exploiting the random allocation of asylum seekers to different locations in Germany, we study the impact of right-wing voting on refugees' integration. We find that in municipalities with more voting for the right-wing AfD, refugees have worse economic and social integration. These impacts are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012622728
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The impact of natives' attitudes towards immigrants on their integration in the host country
Schilling, Pia; Stillman, Steven - 2021
Exploiting the random allocation of asylum seekers to different locations in Germany, we study the impact of right-wing voting on refugees' integration. We find that in municipalities with more voting for the right-wing AfD, refugees have worse economic and social integration. These impacts are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623834
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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
This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive - whether immigrants'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209718
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How do new immigration flows affect existing immigrants? : evidence from the refugee crisis in Germany
Deole, Sumit S.; Huang, Yue - 2020
). Our identification allows us to emphasize the role of immigrants' culture in estimating immigration's socio …-economic impact. Additionally, we distinguish between the labor demand and labor supply effects associated with immigration, which … enables us to reflect on the ambiguous labor market impact of immigration suggested in the existing literature. In particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012238735
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School friendship networks, homophily and multiculturalism : evidence from European countries
Campigotto, Nicola; Rapallini, Chiara; Rustichini, Aldo - 2020
This paper investigates the determinants of school friendship networks among adolescents, proposing a model of network formation and estimating it using a sample (CILS4EU) of about 10,000 secondary school students in four countries: England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. We test the idea...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306145