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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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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 country’s 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/10009774820
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A political economy of the immigrant assimilation: Internal dynamics
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010
Within immigrant society different groups wish to help the migrants in different ways - immigrant societies are multi-layered and multi-dimensional. We examine the situation where there exists a foundation that has resources and that wishes to help the migrants. To do so they need migrant groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272636
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Chapter 9. The Economics of Cultural Transmission and Socialization
Bisin, Alberto; Verdier, Thierry - In: Handbook of social economics : volume 1, (pp. 339-416). 2011
This paper presents a survey of the theoretical and empirical literature on cultural transmission and socialization. It has been prepared for the Handbook of Social Economics , edited by Jess Benhabib, Alberto Bisin, and Matt Jackson, to be published by Elsevier Science in 2010.
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A new perspective on classical choice problems using selection functions
Hedges, Jules; Oliva, Paulo; Winschel, Evguenia; … - 2014
We use quantifiers and selection functions to generalize the classical economic approach to choice. Our framework encompasses preference and utility based approaches as special cases, but also extends to non-maximizing behavior and context-dependent motives such as social concerns. We adapt the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490505
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Turning relative deprivation into a performance incentive device
Stark, Oded; Kosiorowski, Grzegorz - 2021
The inclination of individuals to improve their performance when it lags behind that of others with whom they naturally compare themselves can be harnessed to optimize the individuals' effort in work and study. In a given set of individuals, we characterize each individual by his relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419100
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Relative deprivation as a cause of risky behaviors
Stark, Oded - 2019
We estimate the long-term effects of start-up subsidies (SUS) for the unemployed on subjective outcome indicators of well-being, as measured by the participants' satisfaction in different domains. This extends previous analyses of the current German SUS program ("Gründungszuschuss") that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012136864
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Ends versus means : Kantians, utilitarians, and moral decisions
Bénabou, Roland; Falk, Armin; Henkel, Luca - 2024 - This version: January 15, 2024
Choosing what is morally right can be based on the consequences (ends) resulting from the decision - the Consequentialist view - or on the conformity of the means involved with some overarching notion of duty - the Deontological view. Using a series of experiments, we investigate the overall...
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Migration networks as a response to financial constraints: Onset and endogenous dynamics
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2012
A migration network is modeled as a mutually beneficial cooperative agreement between financially …-constrained individuals who seek to finance and expedite their migration. The cooperation agreement creates a network: established migrants … contract to support the subsequent migration of others in exchange for receiving support themselves. When the model is expanded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323672
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Migration networks as a response to financial constraints: Onset and endogenous dynamics
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2012
A migration network is modeled as a mutually beneficial cooperative agreement between financially …-constrained individuals who seek to finance and expedite their migration. The cooperation agreement creates a network: established migrants … contract to support the subsequent migration of others in exchange for receiving support themselves. When the model is expanded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309611