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Ethnic identity and work
Constant, Amelie - 2014
Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418958
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Migration, ethnicity and economic integration
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
are economically assimilated. While some immigrant groups do, most do not, especially in Europe. Of equal importance is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003925538
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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/10009530889
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Migration, ethnicity and economic integration
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
are economically assimilated. While some immigrant groups do, most do not, especially in Europe. Of equal importance is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003910651
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Scared straight? : threat and assimilation of refugees in Germany
Jaschke, Philipp; Sardoschau, Sulin; Tabellini, Marco - 2021
This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and on economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in their allocation across German regions between 2013 and 2016. We combine novel survey data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801401
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Native-Immigrant Gaps in Educational and School-to-Work Transitions in the Second Generation : The Role of Gender and Ethnicity
Baert, Stijn - 2015
We study how native-immigrant (second generation) differences in educational trajectories and school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030862
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Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany
Jaschke, Philipp; Sardoschau, Sulin; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in their allocation across German regions between 2013 and 2016. We combine novel survey data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362035
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Native-immigrant gaps in educational and school-to-work transitions in the second generation : the role of gender and ethnicity
Baert, Stijn; Heiland, Frank; Korenman, Sanders - 2014
We study how native-immigrant (second generation) differences in educational trajectories and school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463408
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Various domains of integration of refugees and their interrelationships : a study of recent refugee inflows in Austria
Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sandra M. - 2019
This paper addresses the complexity of, and the interrelationships between, two important aspects of integration of refugees in Austria, namely labour market integration and social integration. While labour market integration is captured in terms of being employed as compared to being unemployed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153916
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Immigration, obesity and labor market outcomes in the UK
Averett, Susan; Argys, Laura M.; Kohn, Jennifer L. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-19
Panel Survey. We find support for the "healthy immigrant hypothesis" and evidence that immigrants’ weights increase with … time in the UK. While overweight and obese men enjoy a wage premium, overweight and obese immigrant men face a wage penalty … and are less likely to work in a white collar job. Overweight immigrant women are substantially more likely to suffer work …
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