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The dynamics of international migration: Introduction
Stark, Oded - In: International Review of Economics and Finance 28 (2013), pp. 1-2
intensity of the effort that migrants exert to assimilate economically to the extent of their social integration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012516186
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Measuring Ethnic Identity and Its Impact onEconomic Behavior
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The paper advocates for a new measure of the ethnic identity of migrants, models itsdeterminants and explores its explanatory power for various types of their economicperformance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861679
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Migrant Ethnic Identity:Concept and Policy Implications
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
With globalization, the size of migration and the value of ethnicity is rising. Also Cyprusundergoes a strong process of change while experiencing large inflows of migration. Thepaper investigates the challenges and the potentials of migration from a European Unionperspective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861851
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Ethnosizing immigrants
Constant, Amelie (contributor);  … - 2006
-dimensional concept of the ethnosizer classifies immigrants into four states: integration, assimilation, separation and marginalization … well, but do not assimilate. Having some schooling is worse than no education for integration or assimilation. The … ; migrant assimilation ; migrant integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301658
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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 countryś society, and economic assimilation as … income gap with the natives. In this way, social integration becomes a catalyst for economic assimilation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775564
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Conflicting identities : cosmopolitan or anxious? : appreciating concerns of host country population improves attitudes towards immigrants
Heidland, Tobias; Wichardt, Philipp C. - 2016
Cosmopolitan or anxious? In order to test the influence of conflicting aspects of identity, German respondents were asked about their attitude towards a Syrian refugee the description of whom was varied in various domains (N=662). Once the refugee is described as being aware of as well as open...
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Ethnosizing Immigrants
Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 2021
-dimensional concept of the ethnosizer classifies immigrants into four states: integration, assimilation, separation and marginalization … well, but do not assimilate. Having some schooling is worse than no education for integration or assimilation. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317646
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The struggle of becoming established in a deprived inner-city neighbourhood
May, David - 2003
The theory of established-outsider figurations developed by Norbert Elias is a useful tool for examining deprived neighbourhoods. The case of this paper is Dortmund Nordstadt in Germany, an old inner-city neighbourhood which from its early days has housed the newly arrived immigrants. Elias...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011592952
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Culture: Persistence and Evolution
Schiantarelli, Fabio; Giavazzi, Francesco; Petkov, Ivan - Department of Economics, Boston College - 2014
This paper presents evidence on the speed of evolution (or lack thereof) of a wide range of values and beliefs of different generations of European immigrants to the US. The main result is that persistence differs greatly across cultural attitudes. Some, for instance deep personal religious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019858
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The Struggle of Becoming Established in a Deprived Inner-City Neighbourhood
May, David - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003
The theory of established-outsider figurations developed by Norbert Elias is a use-ful tool for examining deprived neighbourhoods. The case of this paper is Dort-mund Nordstadt in Germany, an old inner-city neighbourhood which from its early days has housed the newly arrived immigrants. Elias...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385332