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The economic determinants of ethnic assimilation
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman (contributor) - 2006
Expanding on the concept of ethnic human capital, the paper distinguishes between cultural assimilation compatible with persistent ethnic groups and assimilation through intermarriage and other mechanisms that blur distinctions and lead to the disappearance of ethnic identities. Economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003417590
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The determination of a migration wave using ethnicity and community ties
Locher, Lilo - 2001
, compare actual and predicted migration waves and discuss the impact of immigration restrictions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403330
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A Gravity Model of Migration between Enc and EU
Ramos, Raul - 2013
Due to ageing population and low birth rates, the European Union (EU) will need to import foreign labour in the next decades. In this context, the EU neighbouring countries (ENC) are the main countries of origin and transit of legal and illegal migration towards Europe. Their economic, cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073508
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The Economic Determinants of Ethnic Assimilation
Chiswick, Carmel U. - 2021
Expanding on the concept of ethnic human capital, the paper distinguishes between cultural assimilation compatible with persistent ethnic groups and assimilation through intermarriage and other mechanisms that blur distinctions and lead to the disappearance of ethnic identities. Economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317529
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Secular Stagnation on the Supply Side : U.S. Productivity Growth in the Long Run
Gordon, Robert J. - 2016
Secular stagnation refers not to the literal stagnation, i.e., stopping of economic growth but rather to the slowing of U.S. potential real GDP growth to half or less of its historical pace. The retardation of potential real GDP growth matters both because of its direct impact on the standard of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982246
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Minorities and Majorities : A Dynamic Model of Assimilation
Kónya, István - 2005
The paper analyses the population dynamics of a country that has two ethnic groups, a minority and a majority, and minority members can choose to assimilate into the majority. Depending on the minority's size, the long-run outcome can be full or no assimilation. Under certain parameter values...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061076
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Ethnicity and the Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Dependency
Borjas, George J.; Sueyoshi, Glenn T. - 2001
There exists sizable differences in the incidence and duration of welfare spells across ethnic groups, and these differences tend to persist across generations. Using the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth, we find that children raised in welfare households are themselves more likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014093108
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Economic and Labour Market Impacts of Migration in Austria : An Agent-Based Modelling Approach
Poledna, Sebastian; Strelkovskii, Nikita; Conte, Alessandra - 2023
This study examines the potential impact of a hypothetical but plausible migration scenario on Austria’s economy and labour market, inspired by Austria’s experience in 2015. Using the agent-based macroeconomic model developed by Poledna et al. (2023), the study explores the detailed labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014355244
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Immigration, monopsony and the distribution of firm pay
Amior, Michael; Stuhler, Jan - 2023
in wage premia and employment across the firm pay distribution, during a large immigration wave in Germany. These adverse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014446109
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Immigration and social mobility
Hoen, Maria F.; Markussen, Simen; Røed, Knut - 2018
Using Norwegian administrative data, we examine how exposure to immigration over the past decades has affected natives …' earnings rank. By exploiting variation in immigration patterns over time across commuting zones, we find that immigration from …, whereas immigration from high‐income countries has leveled it. Given the large inflow of immigrants from low-income countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011934467