how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the …Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding … openly into the discussion, usually under some pseudonym. The authors bring culture into the open. They are concerned with …

compared to first-generation migrants. -- migration ; labor market ; unemployment ; Muslim ; religious ; ethnic …This paper examines the endogenous relationship between the economic and cultural integration of migrants in … preventing the successful integration of migrants or does the root of integration failures lie in unequal economic opportunities …

This paper examines the endogenous relationship between the economic and cultural integration of migrants in … preventing the successful integration of migrants or does the root of integration failures lie in unequal economic opportunities … and discrimination? How legitimate are claims arguing migrants are economically discriminated because they don't integrate …

Personal characteristics of migrants could help to strengthen the impact of migrant networks on bilateral trade. While … tasks carried out by migrants. Our empirical results confirm that the existence of a large number of foreign-born workers … with managerial duties is critical to explain the reduction of transaction costs caused by migrant networks. …

migration, as well as how female migrants affect families and labor markets in both source and destination communities …. Selection factors and determinants of female migration, as well as the gendered impacts of migrant networks, are also discussed. …While scholars have long studied the economics of migration, increasing waves of international and regional migration …

culture from other confounds, however, is often a daunting, sometimes intractable challenge for the working empiricist. To … of the border. Our results show multiple discontinuities and thus indicate a potential role of culture to shape …

In this paper we deliver first causal evidence on the relationship between immigrant host country language proficiency … and homeownership. Using an instrumental variable strategy, we find a substantial positive impact of language skills on … capital and, in particular, language proficiency for socio-economic assimilation. …

This policy analysis discusses issues regarding the migration to Europe of large numbers of immigrants and refugees who …, on arrival, do not know their host country's language. It reviews problems of economic integration into the labor market …