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Geography and assimilation : a case study of Irish immigrants in late nineteenth century America

Cirenza, Peter - 2015

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Naturalization and citizenship : who benefits? : liberalizing access to citizenship has labor market benefits for immigrants and can improve their assimilation

Gathmann, Christina - 2015

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that many immigrants fail to integrate economically. Research shows that the option to naturalize has considerable economic benefits for eligible immigrants, even in countries with a tradition of restrictive policies. First-generation...

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Can immigrants ever earn as much as native workers? : immigrants initially earn less than natives; the wage gap falls over time, but for many immigrant groups it never closes

Anderson, Kathryn H. - 2015

Immigrants contribute to the economic development of the host country, but they earn less at entry and it takes many years for them to achieve parity of income. For some immigrant groups, the wage gap never closes. There is a wide variation across countries in the entry wage gap and the speed of...

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Intermarriage and the economic success of immigrants : who is the driving factor - the native spouses or the immigrants themselves?

Nottmeyer, Olga - 2015

Marriages between immigrants and natives (intermarriages) are often associated with economic success and interpreted as an indicator of social integration. Intermarried immigrant men are on average better educated and work in better paid jobs than nonintermarried immigrant men. In this context,...

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Please call me John : name choice and the assimilation of immigrants in the United States, 1900 - 1930

Carneiro, Pedro; Lee, Sokbae; Reis, Hugo - 2015

The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an American name within the first year of arrival....

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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...

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Immigration, naturalization, and the future of public education

Tanaka, Ryuichi; Farré, Lídia; Ortega, Francesc - 2014

This paper analyzes the effects of immigration on the education system of the receiving country from a political … key moments of Spain's economy and education system in year 2008, the end of a large episode of immigration. By means of … simulations we evaluate the effects of immigration on the size and quality of Spain's public education. Our main findings are as …

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Please call me John : name choice and the assimilation of immigrants in the United States, 1900-1930

Carneiro, Pedro; Lee, Sokbae; Reis, Hugo - 2016

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Please call me John : name choice and the assimilation of immigrants in the United States, 1900-1930

Carneiro, Pedro; Lee, Sokbae; Reis, Hugo - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011484085

How relevant is the origin of human capital for immigrant wages? Evidence from Spain

Sanromá, Esteban; Ramos, Raúl; Simón, Hipólito - In: Journal of applied economics 18 (2015) 1, pp. 149-172

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