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This paper examines acculturational homophily in friendships of international students. Acculturation (also known as cultural assimilation) is measured by English-name usage. I use data from Renren.com, a Facebook-type social networking site based in China. The sample consists of students who...
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Prior empirical research shows that acculturation in the host country might be positively related to immigrants? labor market outcomes. However, whether acculturation helps highly educated immigrants in the labor market is in question, as they have completed a significant fraction of human...
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utilitarian perspective, focusing on individuals’ perceptions of real-world impacts of immigration, and those that look at …Previous studies on the determinants of attitudes toward immigration can be classified into those that take a … immigration attitudes from the point of view of ideological orientation, focusing on broad political norms and values. While …
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This paper investigates whether the 9/11 attacks will have a long-term impact by altering the fertility and assimilation rate of immigrants from Muslim countries in the United States. Terror attacks by Islamic groups are likely to induce a backlash against the Muslim community, and therefore,...
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terrorism, but also face increased risk of asset loss and institutional mistrust due to rampant corruption. Second, fear of …
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of the participants with five statistics about immigration, before evaluating their attitude towards immigrants with self …, although it does not change people's policy preferences regarding immigration. Republicans become more willing to increase … legal immigration after receiving the information treatment. Finally, we also measure the same self-reported policy …
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of the participants with five statistics about immigration, before evaluating their attitude towards immigrants with self …, although it does not change people's policy preferences regarding immigration. Republicans become more willing to increase … legal immigration after receiving the information treatment. Finally, we also measure the same self-reported policy …
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immigration in Italy and the world. On average, students develop better attitudes towards immigration (especially in the case of …We analyze whether (correct) information provision on immigration is more effective than contact in shaping attitudes … towards immigration. We collect data from a randomized experiment in 18 middle- and high-school classes in the city of Rome …
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particular, the immigration growth curve changed in the 2000s: since that period, the immigrant population of some European …), and immigration (NATIn). Not only are the structures of these phenomena analyzed, but the factors influencing their … formation. Following this research, racism, attitudes toward immigrants, and immigration represent three related but distinct …
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Building on social identity theory, we suggest that natives from stereotyped groups tend to value cultural distance more and think that immigrants are not good for the economy and the fiscal system. We draw upon research showing that overweight and obese individuals suffer from social stigma and...
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