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immigrants’ ethnic persistence and assimilation. The estimated effect of these measures on risk proclivity suggests that … could also help explain differences in economic assimilation of immigrants. …
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economic assimilation of immigrants, somewhat less attention has been devoted to other - and equally crucial - dimensions of … migrants’ integration, namely the process of social assimilation. The aim of this paper is to take a close look at migrants … short term migration, where migrants tend to be constantly marginalized. Third, education has a significant impact on the …
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The speed at which immigrants assimilate is the subject of debate. Human capital formation plays a major role in this discussion. This paper compares the educational attainment of second generation immigrants to those of natives in the same age cohort. Evidence using a large German data set...
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Germany has experienced a substantial influx of German immigrants from Eastern Europe after World War II and expects several million more as a consequence of the demise of socialism. This paper analyses the economic performance of ethnic German migrants to West Germany in comparison with native...
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networks exist when assimilation is not complete. We consider the struggle of migrants to assimilate and, at the same time, the … struggle of the local population to prevent such assimilation. These activities affect trade possibilities. Moreover, we show … assimilation activities and instead invest in anti-assimilation activities in order to preserve immigrants’ preferences for home …
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There are few studies on occupational choices in Germany, and second-generation occupational choice and mobility is even less investigated. Such research is important because occupations determine success in the labour market. In a country like Germany occupations also reflect a general...
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We introduce the idea that informational cascades can explain the observed regularity that emigrants from the same locations also tend to choose the same foreign locations. Thus informational cascades generates herd behaviour. Herd behaviour is compared with the network externalities explanation...
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second, but more than the first. Thus, assimilation of the third generation into the local population is far from clear. …
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Despite their small number, Israeli economists have become an important fixture in the international academic scene. In recent years, this phenomenon has been characterized by an additional attribute: the number of Israelis who have chosen to leave the country’s universities - or not to return...
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Mass emigration was one key feature of the Great Irish Famine which distinguishes it from today’s famines. By bringing famine victims to overseas food supplies, it undoubtedly saved many lives. Poverty traps prevented those most in need from availing of this form of relief, however....
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