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The Economic Payoff of Name Americanization
Biavaschi, Costanza; Giulietti, Corrado; Siddique, Zahra - 2013
We examine the impact of the Americanization of names on the labor market outcomes of migrants. We construct a novel … that migrants who Americanized their names experienced larger occupational upgrading. Some, such as those who changed to … very popular American names like John or William, obtained gains in occupation-based earnings of at least 14%. We show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328945
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The economic payoff of name Americanization
Biavaschi, Costanza; Giulietti, Corrado; Siddique, Zahra - 2013
We examine the impact of the Americanization of names on the labor market outcomes of migrants. We construct a novel … that migrants who Americanized their names experienced larger occupational upgrading. Some, such as those who changed to … very popular American names like John or William, obtained gains in occupation-based earnings of at least 14%. We show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211271
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The Economic Payoff of Name Americanization
Biavaschi, Costanza; Giulietti, Corrado; Siddique, Zahra - Henley Business School, University of Reading - 2013
We examine the impact of the Americanization of names on the labor market outcomes of migrants. We construct a novel … that migrants who Americanized their names experienced larger occupational upgrading. Some, such as those who changed to … very popular American names like John or William, obtained gains in occupation-based earnings of at least 14%. We show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747652
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Social Networks and (Political) Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration
Biavaschi, Costanza; Giulietti, Corrado; Zenou, Yves - 2022
This paper investigates the causal pathways through which ethnic social networks influence individual naturalization. Using the complete-count Census of 1930, we digitize information on the exact residence of newly arrived immigrants in New York City. This allows us to define networks with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816315
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Social networks and (political) assimilationin the age of mass migration
Biavaschi, Costanza; Giulietti, Corrado; Zenou, Yves - 2022
This paper investigates the causal pathways through which ethnic social networks influence individual naturalization. Using the complete-count Census of 1930, we digitize information on the exact residence of newly arrived immigrants in New York City. This allows us to define networks with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816845
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The Economic Payoff of Name Americanization
Biavaschi, Costanza - 2014
We examine the impact of the Americanization of names on the labor market outcomes of migrants. We construct a novel … that migrants who Americanized their names experienced larger occupational upgrading. Some, such as those who changed to … very popular American names like John or William, obtained gains in occupation-based earnings of at least 14%. We show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061946
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Social Networks and (Political) Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration
Biavaschi, Costanza; Giulietti, Corrado; Zenou, Yves - 2021
This paper investigates the pathways through which immigrant communities (social networks) influence individual naturalization. Specifically, we examine the impact that a fraction of naturalized co-ethnics, residing in the same block as a new immigrant in New York City in 1930, have on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013226696
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Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Countries: Country Study on Germany
Biavaschi, Costanza; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013
fill this gap by studying the size and assimilation patterns of EaP migrants in Germany. Most EaP migrants in Germany come …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331441
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Costs and benefits of labour mobility between the EU and the eastern partnership countries : country study on Germany
Biavaschi, Costanza; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013
fill this gap by studying the size and assimilation patterns of EaP migrants in Germany. Most EaP migrants in Germany come …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201628
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Costs and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Countries: Country Study on Germany
Biavaschi, Costanza; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
fill this gap by studying the size and assimilation patterns of EaP migrants in Germany. Most EaP migrants in Germany come …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884398