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We explain persistent differences in cultural traits of immigrant groups with the presence of community leaders. Leaders influence the cultural traits of their community, which have an impact on the group's earnings. They determine whether a community will be more assimilated and wealthier or...
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We explain persistent differences in cultural traits of immigrant groups with the presence of community leaders. Leaders influence the cultural traits of their community, which have an impact on the group's earnings. They determine whether a community will be more assimilated and wealthier or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011927973
Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being questioned, they can be classified into four states - assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization. This is suggested by the ethnosizer, a newly established measure to...
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Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being questioned, they can be classified into four states - assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization. This is suggested by the ethnosizer, a newly established measure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202411
The paper initiates a research agenda to study new developments of the effects of sexual orientation and gender … family support all along the sexual orientation and gender identity issues. Contrary to the earlier literature, the most … gender identity, and (iv) evaluate how distastes, stereotypes, and positive workplace actions affect trans people's labour …
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This chapter summarizes recent research in economics that investigates differentials by race and gender in the labor … market. We start with a statistical overview of the trends in labor market outcomes by race, gender and Hispanic origin …. The remainder of the chapter reviews the evidence on race and gender gaps, particularly wage gaps. Section 5 reviews …
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one another in race and gender composition. The job structure has become more bifurcated in the 1980s, as "middle …
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examining school friendship networks in five European countries with recent immigration. Our results highlight the force of …
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This paper investigates the determinants of school friendship networks among adolescents, proposing a model of network …, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. We test the idea that networks arise according to homophily along many characteristics … (gender, school achievement and ethnic and cultural backgrounds), and assess the relative importance of each factor. In …
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's friends are similar to oneself with regard to ethnicity and religion. We find that people who have friendship networks with …
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