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Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272284
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The Effect of Ethnic Identity on the Employment of Immigrants
Drydakis, Nick - 2012
This study evaluates the effect of ethnic identity on the employment level of immigrants in Greece. Treating ethnic identity as a composite of key cultural elements the estimations suggest that employment is positively associated with assimilation and integration and negatively associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110867
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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 2006
The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272283
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779056
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Life satisfaction of immigrants : does cultural assimilation matter?
Angelini, Viola; Casi, Laura; Corazzini, Luca - 2014
We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using the German Socio-Economic Panel, a longitudinal dataset including information on both the economic and non-economic conditions of the respondents. We find that the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010355330
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014310293
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737408
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Caught between cultures : unintended consequences of improving opportunity for immigrant girls
Dahl, Gordon B.; Felfe, Christina; Frijters, Paul; … - 2020
What happens when immigrant girls are given increased opportunities to integrate into the workplace and society, but their parents value more traditional cultural outcomes? Building on Akerlof and Kranton's identity framework (2000), we construct a simple theoretical model which shows how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154851
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Migration and stratification
Jasso, Guillermina - 2011
of the United States. -- immigration ; immigrant visas ; social stratification ; gender ; race ; Hispanic origin ; skin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312041
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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.
Houseworth, Christina A.; Chiswick, Barry R. - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001498