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From immigrants to (non-)citizens: Political economy of naturalizations in Latvia

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

Latvia enjoys the dubious distinction of having the highest population share of ethnic minorities and foreign-born residents in the European Union. In addition there exists a peculiar Latvian “institution”, a category of resident known as “non-citizen”, originating from the Soviet era...

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Ethnosizing Immigrants: A Theoretical Framework

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler (Cohen), Odelia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

, and ethnic self-identification, the method classifies that individual into one of four states: assimilation, integration …

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International Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...

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The Impact of Social Systems and their Coordination on Economic Migration

Tepperová, Jana; Klazar, Stanislav - In: Politická ekonomie 2012 (2012) 4, pp. 505-522

The existing empirical studies examined the impact of different variables, such as common language, economic, cultural and geographical factors, on migration. However, none of the studies deals with the social security systems including their coordination as a relevant explanatory factor. The...

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Terrorism and Integration of Muslim Immigrants

Elsayed, Ahmed; de Grip, Andries - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

immigrants in the Netherlands towards integration. Shortly after the attacks, Muslim immigrants' perceived integration, as … for the existence of a negative trend in the integration of Muslims prior to the terrorist attacks. We further show that … terrorism has a particularly negative impact on the integration of the highly educated, employed, and less religious Muslims …

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First time around: local conditions and multi-dimensional integration of refugees

Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Poutvaara, Panu; Schikora, Felicitas - 2020

refugees' multi-dimensional integration outcomes (economic, linguistic, navigational, political, psychological, and social … social integration: they are less likely to be in education or employment and they earn less. We also show that favorable … attitudes towards immigrants promote refugees' economic and social integration. The results suggest that attitudes toward …

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Naturalization proclivities, ethnicity and integration

Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008

differentiating between actual and planned citizenship. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we measure the impact that integration …, but not to those educated in Germany. We find that the degree of integration in German society has a differential effect …

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Deutschkenntnisse entwickeln sich bei Geflüchteten und anderen Neuzugewanderten ähnlich: Sprachkurse spielen wichtige Rolle

Kristen, Cornelia; Kosyakova, Yuliya; Spörlein, Christoph - In: DIW Wochenbericht 89 (2022) 5, pp. 63-69

Das Erlernen der deutschen Sprache spielt eine Schlüsselrolle für die Integration von neu zugewanderten Menschen. In …

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Deutschkenntnisse entwickeln sich bei Geflüchteten und anderen Neuzugewanderten ähnlich : Sprachkurse spielen wichtige Rolle

Kristen, Cornelia; Kosyakova, Yuliya; Spörlein, Christoph - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 89 (2022) 5, pp. 63-69

Das Erlernen der deutschen Sprache spielt eine Schlüsselrolle für die Integration von neu zugewanderten Menschen. In …

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Immigrant networks and US bilateral trade: The role of immigrant income

Mundra, Kusum - 2010

This paper examines the role of immigrant networks on trade, particularly through the demand effect. First, we examine the effect of immigration on trade when the immigrants consume more of the goods that are abundant in their home country than the natives in a standard Heckscher-Ohlin model and...

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