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Ethnosizing immigrants: a theoretical framework

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2014

Recently, Constant, Gataullina, and Zimmermann (2009) established a new method to measure ethnic identity which they called the "ethnosizer". Using information on an individual's language, culture, social interactions, history of migration, and ethnic selfidentification, the method classifies...

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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 acquisition of human capital that is specific to the host...

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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 acquisition of human capital that is specific to the host...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775564

A reluctance to assimilate

Stark, Oded (contributor); Fan, Chengze Simon (contributor) - 2006

Quite often, migrants appear to exert little effort to absorb the mainstream culture and to learn the language of their host society, even though the economic returns (increased productivity and enhanced earnings) to assimilation are high. We show that when interpersonal comparisons affect...

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Ethnosizing Immigrants : A Theoretical Framework

Epstein, Gil S. - 2014

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Long-Run Development and the New Cultural Economics

Gershman, Boris - 2016

This paper reviews recent economics literature on culture, with an emphasis on its relation to the field of long-run growth and development. It examines the key issues debated in the new cultural economics: causal effects of culture on economic outcomes, the origins and social costs of culture,...

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The 'Illegal' Tax

Lipman, Francine J. - 2012

Almost fifty years ago in 1965, on the steps of the State Capital in Montgomery, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., asked a crowd of twenty-five thousand "How long will prejudice blind the visions of men, darken their understanding, and drive bright-eyed wisdom from her sacred throne?" The...

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Economic growth, innovation, cultural diversity : what are we all talking about? ; a critical survey of the state-of-the-art

Maignan, Carole (ed.); Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. (ed.); … - 2003

This report constitutes the first deliverable of the project ENGIME Economic Growth and Innovation in Multicultural Environments, financed by the European Commission FP5 Key Action: Improving socio-economic knowledge base. Contract HPSE-CT2001-50007

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Growing Apart, Losing Trust? The Impact of Inequality on Social Capital

Gould, Eric D. - 2016

There is a widespread perception that trust and social capital have declined in United States as well as other advanced … economies, while income inequality has tended to increase. While previous research has noted that measured trust declines as …-2012). The results provide robust evidence that overall inequality lowers an individual's sense of trust in others in the United …

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Cumulative causation at work : intergenerational transfers and social capital in a spatially varied economy

Gentili, Andrea; Ferretti, Luca - 2013

This paper models the dynamic of migration with a particular focus on the cumulative process that causes a variation in the distribution of income in sending communities and therefore a variation in the distribution of skills across different cohorts. The model provides a theoretical framework...

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