García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
identify indicators for the type of incentive – whether immigrants’ religiosity serves as a ‘bridge’ or a ‘buffer’ in the … Europe it has mainly the function of a buffer and of a “balm for the soul”. There is an extensive literature on the ‘bridge … versus buffer’ (or ‘bridge versus boundary’) theories and their different implications in the United States and in Europe …