What factors determine a minority group's extent/pattern of assimilation with the mainstream population in a country … assimilation' propounded by Portes and Zhou (1993). Our key assumptions are: there exists cultural heterogeneity within a minority … group, minority members can shift their inherited culture traits to an extent, shifting culture traits closer to the …

tolerance from the majority group generates positive externalitiesfor the minority group, while each minority’s individual … assimilation effort affects the welfare ofthe majority individuals differently depending on the initial minority assimilation level …. Finally,the more the majority individuals are tolerant toward the minority group, the more the minorityindividuals will …