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Ethnic persistence, assimilation and risk proclivity

Bonin, Holger; Constant, Amelie; Tatsiramons, Konstantinos - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23

focusing on the effect of ethnic persistence and assimilation on individual risk proclivity. Employing information from a …

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Ethnic identity : a theoretical framework

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-11

We present a basic theoretical framework of ethnic identity, i.e., the level of immigrant's commitment to his or her host society as well as the immigrant's commitment to his or her home society. Our model can explain the emerging empirical literature which studies the effect of the immigrants'...

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Russian migrants to Russia : assimilation and local labor market effects

Lazareva, Olga - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-25

during 1990 - 2002. I use this natural experiment to study labor market assimilation of migrants and their effect on the … female immigrants faced significant wage and employment gaps upon arrival, and their assimilation was slow. Using an IV … after about ten years after the peak of migration wave. …

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The working hours of immigrants in Germany : temporary versus permanent

Kahanec, Martin; Shields, Michael P. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-15

Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating …

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How skilled immigration may improve economic equality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-13

. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving …

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Migration, risk attitudes, and entrepreneurship : evidence from a representative immigrant survey

Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-25

Do more risk loving migrants opt for self-employment? We use a novel vignette-adjusted measure of risk preferences to investigate the link between risk aversion and entrepreneurship in migrant communities. Using an original representative household survey of the migrant population in the Greater...

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Projections of potential flows to the enlarging EU from Ukraine, Croatia and other Eastern neighbors

Fertig, Michael; Kahanec, Martin - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-27

This study evaluates potential migration flows to the European Union from its Eastern neighbors and Croatia. We perform … out-of-sample forecasts to time series cross-sectional data about post-enlargement migration flows following the EU's 2004 … show that migration flows are driven by migration costs and economic conditions, but the largest effects accrue to policy …

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Remittances, school quality, and household education expenditures in Nepal

Bansak, Cynthia; Chezum, Brian; Giri, Animesh - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-19

A heightened interest in understanding the remitting practices of immigrants and their impact on a variety of economic indicators has emerged as remittances to developing countries have risen substantially over the past decade. If remittances primarily enhance consumption, they may have no...

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Migration, entrepreneurship and development : critical questions

Naudé, Wim; Siegel, Melissa; Marchand, Katrin - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 6 (2016) 5, pp. 1-16

This paper poses and answers a number of critical questions about the relationship between migration and … the answers, (iv) Does migration matter for development? We conclude that one must avoid seeing migrants as super …-entrepreneurs and that the (positive) developmental impact of migration is more significant through other channels. Removal of …

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Immigrant assimilation and male labor market inequality

Mason, Patrick L. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 17, pp. 1-32

. Unskilled immigrants who arrive in the USA as children and adolescents experience substantial wage assimilation, especially …, black immigrants do not obtain wage assimilation equal to native-born non-Hispanic white male workers. …

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