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A Stage Model of Developing an Inclusive Community
Vaughn, Billy E.; Mlekov, Katarina - 2003
The Community Inclusion model described in this paper characterizes the stages through which a diverse group of people … the assessment of a community's current stage of inclusion, and determining the interventions needed to address lack of … inclusion. Examples from Sweden (EU) and the United States (USA) will be used to demonstrate how the model works. Particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325044
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"Cultural persistence" of health capital : evidence from European migrants
Costa-Font, Joan; Sato, Azusa - 2016
Culture is an under-studied determinant of health production and seldom measured. This paper empirically examines the persistence and association of health capital assessments of first and second-generation migrants with that of their ancestral countries. We draw on European data from 30...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497628
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The effect of culture on home-ownership
Marcén, Miriam; Morale, Marina - 2018
In this paper, we analyze the role of culture in determining whether, or not, an individual is a homeowner. We use data on first-generation immigrants who arrived in the United States under 6 years old. Following the epidemiological approach, those early-arrival immigrants grew up under the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130605
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The effect of 9/11 on immigrants' ethnic identity and employment : evidence from Germany
Delaporte, Isaure - 2019
A growing concern in Western countries is the fact that immigrants might adopt oppositional identities. Although identity is expected to affect the economic outcomes of immigrants, little is known about the factors that influence the identity choice of the migrants and thus, their employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018759
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Ethnic identity and the employment outcomes of immigrants : evidence from France
Delaporte, Isaure - 2019
The objective of this paper is twofold: first, to determine the immigrants’ ethnic identity, i.e. the degree of identification to the culture and society of the country of origin and the host country and second, to investigate the impact of ethnic identity on the immigrants’ employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022260
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Bride price and the wellbeing of women
Lowes, Sara; Nunn, Nathan - 2017
Bride price, which is payment from the groom and/or the groom's family to the bride's family at the time of marriage, is a common cultural practice in many African societies. It is often argued that the practice may have negative effects for girls and women because it may: incentivize early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011659586
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Cultural determinants of gender roles : pragmatism is an important factor behind gender equality attitudes among children of immigrants
Ljunge, Martin - 2016
This paper presents evidence of how attitudes toward gender roles in the home and market are shaped by Hofstede's six cultural dimensions. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European countries with ancestry from across the world are studied. Individuals are examined within country of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554114
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The effect of 9/11 on immigrants' ethnic identity and employment : evidence from Germany
Delaporte, Isaure - 2019
A growing concern in Western countries is the fact that immigrants might adopt oppositional identities. Although identity is expected to affect the economic outcomes of immigrants, little is known about the factors that in uence the identity choice of the migrants and thus, their employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159277
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Ethnic identity and the employment outcomes of immigrants : evidence from France
Delaporte, Isaure - 2019
The objective of this paper is twofold: first, to determine the immigrants' ethnic identity, i.e. the degree of identification to the culture and society of the country of origin and the host country and second, to investigate the impact of ethnic identity on the immigrants' employment outcomes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159296
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Ethnic identity and the employment outcomes of immigrants : evidence from France
Delaporte, Isaure - 2019
The objective of this paper is twofold: first, to determine the immigrants' ethnic identity, i.e. the degree of identification to the culture and society of the country of origin and the host country and second, to investigate the impact of ethnic identity on the immigrants' employment outcomes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006899