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. …

During the last few decades cultural changes have been taking place in many countries due to migration. The degree to … culture will not survive over time. In the second case the local culture will survive. We show the conditions for assimilation … versus no assimilation between the groups. …

During the last few decades cultural changes have been taking place in many countries due to migration. The degree to … culture will not survive over time. In the second case the local culture will survive. We show the conditions for assimilation … versus no assimilation between the groups. …

1970s, we uncover evidence of intergenerational assimilation in education, earnings and fertility. …

after the crisis. Although we find that negative labour demand shocks raise the probability of return migration, the …

This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and on economic assimilation of refugees … faster economic assimilation. We provide evidence consistent with the hypothesis that refugees exert more assimilation effort …

panel from 1984 to 2014. We incorporate the possibility of wage divergence into a two-period model of economic assimilation … to established ethnic networks, and acquired more years of pre-migration schooling. Using a doubly robust treatment … effect estimator and the IV method, the study finds that the endogenous post-migration education in the host country …