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Aliyah to Israel: Immigration under Conditions of Adversity

Neuman, Shoshana - 1999

?Operation Solomon?. What were the factors that drove this unprecedented migration of Jews from around the globe to Israel? Many … of the major international migration movements were largely economic in nature (the push of poverty or the pull of … migration, which reflects failure to absorb, is discussed, and the very different absorption policies of the 1950s and the 1990s …

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Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Germany – The Importance of Heterogeneity and Attrition Bias

Fertig, Michael; Schurer, Stefanie - 2007

Heterogeneity in the ethnic composition of Germany's immigrant population renders general conclusions on the degree of economic integration difficult. Using a rich longitudinal dataset, this paper tests for differences in economic assimilation profiles of four groups of foreign-born immigrants...

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Das enttäuschte Versprechen der Integration: Migrantennachkommen in Frankreich und Deutschland

Tucci, Ingrid; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2008

Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den sozialstrukturellen Voraussetzungen, die der Dynamik bzw. dem Ausbleiben von Protestverhalten zu Grunde liegen. Ausgehend von drei theoretischen Erklärungsansätzen wird empirisch anhand von repräsentativen Mikrodaten gezeigt, dass die Konzeption der...

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International migration, ethnicity and economic inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008

While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...

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A political economy of the immigrant assimilation: Internal dynamics

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010

Within immigrant society different groups wish to help the migrants in different ways - immigrant societies are multi-layered and multi-dimensional. We examine the situation where there exists a foundation that has resources and that wishes to help the migrants. To do so they need migrant groups...

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Immigrant Religious Adjustment: An Economic Approach to Jewish Migrations

Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2003

An economic theory of immigration and immigrant absorption for a religious minority is developed and applied to Jewish history. Human capital is classified according to whether it is allocative or productive, transferable or location-specific, general or Jewish. Crossclassifying these categories...

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Are foreign migrants more assimilated than native ones?

Faini, Riccardo; Strøm, Steinar; Venturini, Alessandra; … - 2009

Italy, a country with large internal and international migration. This comparison, not yet exploited, yields understanding … migration and unobserved heterogeneity. The three groups of workers start their careers at the same wage level but, as …

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Age at migration, language and fertility patterns among migrants to Canada

Adsera, Alicia; Ferrer, Ana - 2011

fertility by age at migration as sometimes observed on education or labor market outcomes. Instead, there is an inverted U shape … relationship between age of migration and immigrant fertility, with those migrating in their late teens having the highest …

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Economic discrimination and cultural differences as barriers to migrant integration: Is reverse causality symmetric?

Kohler, Pierre - 2012

This paper examines the endogenous relationship between the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland or, more precisely, how economic and cultural barriers to integration reinforce each other. Are cultural differences preventing the successful integration of migrants or does...

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Education, gender, religion, politics: What priorities for cultural integration policies in Switzerland?

Kohler, Pierre - 2012

more, to gender-related behaviors in endogamous couples, it appears that migration-related gender issues and migration …

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