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tend to favor assimilation so that, for example, it is easier to assimilate in a complete network than in a star …-shaped network. We show that the subgame-perfect equilibrium is not optimal because there is not enough activity and assimilation. We …) embedded in a network have to decide how much effort they exert in some activity (say education). We show that the more central …
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Although the linear-in-means model is the workhorse model in empirical work on peer effects, its theoretical properties are understudied. In this study, we develop a social-norm model that provides a microfoundation of the linear-in-means model and investigate its properties. We show that...
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The objective of this paper is to analyse how immigrants' ethnic identity correlates with their labour market outcomes. More precisely, we estimate the role of ethnic identity in employment, wages, under-employment (i.e., they would prefer to work more hours but are not given the opportunity),...
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migrants form social links among them and the extent to which this network provides them with material support along three …
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assimilation norms may emerge in steady state depending on the structure of the network. We then consider the role of cultural and …We consider a model where each individual (or ethnic minority) is embedded in a network of relation-ships and decides … ideal action or norm but also wants her behavior to be as close as possible to the average assimilation behavior of her …
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interaction, and future citizenship plans, the estimations suggest that assimilation and integration are positively associated …
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This paper studies the respective influence of intergenerational transmission and the environment in shaping individual trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the home and in the host country to separate the effect of the...
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This paper compares the economic and cultural gaps of the largest foreign-born ethnic minorities in Spain: Latinos, Eastern Europeans, Moroccans and individuals from Other Muslim countries. We focus on several outcomes: the gender education gap, early marriage, inter-ethnic marriage, fertility,...
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of ethnic identity, classifies migrants into four states: integration, assimilation, separation and marginalization … migration from a European Union perspective. It advocates for a new concept to measure the ethnic identity of migrants, models …
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The paper advocates for a new measure of the ethnic identity of migrants, models its determinants and explores its … migration, and ethnic self-identification. A two-dimensional concept of the ethnosizer classifies migrants into four states …: integration, assimilation, separation and marginalization. The ethnosizer largely depends on pre-migration characteristics …
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