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Bend it like Beckham : ethnic identity and integration

Bisin, Alberto; Patacchini, Eleonora; Verdier, Thierry; … - 2010

heritage the more integrated are the neighborhoods where they reside and work. Data on ethnic preferences and attitudes …. -- ethnicity ; identity ; intermarriage ; cultural transmission …

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Migration, friendship ties and cultural assimilation

Facchini, Giovanni; Patacchini, Eleonora; Steinhardt, … - 2014

Using novel information from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1996-2011, we document that migrants with a German friend are more similar to natives than those without a local companion along several important dimensions, including engagement in social activities, concerns about the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230516

Family ties and political participation

Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - 2009

We establish an inverse relationship between family ties, generalized trust and political participation. The more individuals rely on the family as a provider of services, insurance, transfer of resources, the lower is civic engagement and political participation. The latter, together with...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832188

Ethnic Identity and Labor-Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Europe

Bisin, Alberto; Patacchini, Eleonora; Verdier, Thierry; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Using data from the European Social Survey on most European countries, we look at the relationship between ethnic identity and employment prospects for immigrants from non-European countries. We find that a strong attachment to religion is associated with a lower probability of being employed....

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Long-term orientation and educational performance

Figlio, David N.; Giuliano, Paola; Özek, Umut; … - 2016

We use remarkable population-level administrative education and birth records from Florida to study the role of Long-Term Orientation on the educational attainment of immigrant students living in the US. Controlling for the quality of schools and individual characteristics, students from...

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Bend It Like Beckham: Ethnic Identity and Integration

Bisin, Alberto; Patacchini, Eleonora; Verdier, Thierry; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

heritage the more integrated are the neighborhoods where they reside and work. Data on ethnic preferences and attitudes …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684685

Formation and Persistence of Oppositional Identities

Bisin, Alberto; Patacchini, Eleonora; Verdier, Thierry; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We develop a dynamic model of identity formation that explains why ethnic minorities may choose to adopt oppositional identities (i.e. some individuals may reject or not the dominant culture) and why this behavior may persist over time. We first show that the prevalence of an oppositional...

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'Bend It Like Beckham': Identity, Socialization and Assimilation

Bisin, Alberto; Patacchini, Eleonora; Verdier, Thierry; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We first develop a model of identity formation resulting from the interaction of cultural transmission and socialization inside the family, peer effects and social interactions, and identity choice. We then put the model to data using the UK Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities. We show...

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Racial identity and education

Patacchini, Eleonora (contributor); Zenou, Yves (contributor) - 2006

We investigate the sources of differences in school performance between students of different races by focusing on identity issues. We find that having a higher percentage of same-race friends has a positive effect of white teenagers' test score while having a negative effect on blacks' test...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301663

Gender and culture

Giuliano, Paola - 2020

This paper reviews the literature on gender and culture. Gender gaps in various outcomes (competitiveness, labor force … literature has argued that gender differences in a variety of outcomes could reflect underlying cultural values and beliefs. This … article reviews the literature on the relevance of culture in the determination of different forms of gender gap. I examine …

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