Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants

The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic selfidentification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Zimmermann, Laura ; Gataullina, Liliya ; Constant, Amelie F. ; Zimmermann, Klaus F.
Publisher:	Berlin : Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Subject:	Migranten \| Humankapital \| Ethnische Beziehungen \| Soziale Integration \| Deutschland \| Ethnic self-identification \| first-generation migrants \| gender \| ethnicity \| human capital

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Series:	DIW Discussion Papers ; 616
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	518572080 [GVK] hdl:10419/18509 [Handle] RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp616 [RePEc]
Classification:	J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; F22 - International Migration ; Z10 - Cultural Economics. General ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J16 - Economics of Gender
Source:	EconStor

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