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Acculturation Identity and Labor Market Outcomes

Nekby, Lena; Rödin, Magnus - Linnaeus Center for Integration Studies (SULCIS), … - 2007

This paper explores the identity formation of a cohort of students with immigrant backgrounds in Sweden and the … consequences of identity for subsequent labor market outcomes. Unique for this study is that identity is defined according to a two …-dimensional acculturation framework based on both strength of identity to the (ethnic) minority and to the (Swedish) majority culture. Results …

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Ethnicity and Human Capital Accumulation in Urban Mexico

Ñopo, Hugo; Winder, Natalia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

This study analyzes social mobility and human capital accumulation among ethnic minorities in Mexican urban areas, exploring changes in educational attainment and labor market status and using panel data from the Mexican Family Life Survey (MFxLS). The results indicate important ethnic...

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Social Determinants of Labor Market Status of Ethnic Minorities in Britain

Kahanec, Martin; Mendola, Mariapia - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2008

The labor market behavior of ethnic communities in advanced societies and the social determinants of their labor market outcomes are important empirical issues with significant policy consequences. We use direct information on social interactions within multiple-origin ethnic minorities in...

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The Post-Enlargement Migration Experience in the Baltic Labor Markets

Hazans, Mihails; Philips, Kaia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with several other surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EU accession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues...

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Ethnicity and Second Generation Immigrants in Britain

dustmann, christian; Frattini, Tommaso; Theodoropoulos, … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010

This paper reviews the labour market performance and educational attainment of ethnic minorities and second generation immigrants in the UK over the last three decades. We first describe the size and composition of the minority population and its regional distribution over time, and investigate...

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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012

This paper explores the relationship between residential proximity of individuals from the same ethnic group and the probability of finding a job through social networks, relative to other search methods. Using individual-level data from the UK Labour Force survey and spatial statistics...

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Pitfalls of Immigrant Inclusion into the European Welfare State

Kahanec, Martin; Kim, Anna Myunghee; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper's main purpose is to gauge immigrants' demand for social assistance and services and identify the key barriers to social and labor market inclusion of immigrants in the European Union. The data from an online primary survey of experts from organizations working on immigrant...

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Kosovo - winning its independence but losing its people? Recent evidence on emigration intentions and preparedness to migrate

Ivlevs, Artjoms; King, Roswitha M. - Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, … - 2010

Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in February 2008, but substantial proportions of its population are expressing their lack of confidence by preparing to emigrate. In this paper we present evidence from a customized post-independence survey (1367 face-to face interviews) on emigration...

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Political Participation of Ethnic Associations: Exploring the Importance of Organisational Level Differences in Resources, Motivation and Recruitment Networks

Strömblad, Per; Bengtsson, Bo - Institutet för Framtidsstudier - 2010

In this paper, we apply the Civic Voluntarism Model (CVM) proposed by Verba, Schlozman and Brady on the organisational level. Simultaneously contributing to the research on the political integration of ethnic minorities, we examine resources, motivation and recruitment networks of ethnic...

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Ethnicity and Income in China: The Case of Ningxia

Sato, Hiroshi; Ding, Sai - Center for Research on Contemporary Economic Systems, … - 2012

Using a 2006 household survey from the Ningxia Hui autonomous region in China, this paper examines two aspects of the correlation between ethnicity and income: namely, differences in the returns to human capital and the effects of ethnicity- and religion-related social capital. The findings...

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