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. …

This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and on economic assimilation of refugees … economically. However, while refugees assigned to more hostile regions converge to local culture more quickly, they do not exhibit … faster economic assimilation. We provide evidence consistent with the hypothesis that refugees exert more assimilation effort …

We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using …-economic conditions of the respondents. We find that the more immigrants identify with the German culture and fluently speak the national …

called the "ethnosizer". Using information on an individual's language, culture, social interactions, history of migration …, and ethnic selfidentification, the method classifies that individual into one of four states: assimilation, integration …

This paper studies the effects of local threat on cultural and economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly …. However, while refugees assigned to more hostile regions converge to German culture more quickly, they do not exhibit faster … economic assimilation. Our evidence suggests that refugees exert more assimilation effort in response to local threat, but that …

researchers have not accounted for the role of race and ethnicity in identifying culture parameters. Moreover, the majority of … cultural norms and female labor supply. For non-Hispanic Whites, the impact of culture is explained by variation in country … of labor supply are local culture and social capital measures. …