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Belonging or estrangement: The European refugee crisis and its effects on immigrant identity

Prömel, Christopher - 2022

This study deals with the impact of the 2015 European Refugee Crisis on the ethnic identity of resident migrants in … that higher shares of refugees in a county increased migrants' attachment to their home countries, while not affecting … consumption of foreign media. Lastly, I find that changes in ethnic identity coincide with the political polarization of migrants …

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Immigrant fertility in Germany: The role of culture

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2014

Fertilitätskultur einen signifikanten Anteil der Fertilitätsunterschiede zwischen Einheimischen und Migranten erklärt und positiv mit …, welche besagt, dass die kulturelle Prägung des Ursprungslandes das Verhalten von Migranten dauerhaft beeinflusst. …

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The impact of natives' attitudes towards immigrants on their integration in the host country

Schilling, Pia; Stillman, Steven - 2022

Exploiting the random allocation of asylum seekers to different locations in Germany, we study the impact of right-wing voting on refugees' integration. We find that in municipalities with more voting for the right-wing AfD, refugees have worse economic and social integration. These impacts are...

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Immigrant Fertility in Germany: The Role of Culture

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014

This paper focuses on the role of home country’s fertility culture in shaping immigrants’ fertility. I use the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to study completed fertility of first-generation immigrants who arrived from different countries and in different years. The variation in total...

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Parental ethnic identity and educational attainment of second-generation immigrants

Schüller, Simone - 2012

A lack of cultural integration is often blamed for hindering immigrant families' economic progression. This paper is a first attempt to explore whether immigrant parents' ethnic identity affects the next generation's human capital accumulation in the host country. Empirical results based on data...

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Life satisfaction of immigrants: Does cultural assimilation matter?

Angelini, Viola; Casi, Laura; Corazzini, Luca - 2014

We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using …

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Life Satisfaction of Immigrants: Does Cultural Assimilation Matter?

Angelini, Viola; Casi, Laura; Corazzini, Luca - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014

We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using …

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The Optimal Choice of a Reference Standard for Income Comparisons: Indirect Evidence from Immigrants' Return Visits

Stichnoth, Holger - 2010

I propose two new tests of Falk and Knell's (2004) prediction that individuals' reference income increases with ability. To overcome the difficulty that the reference incomeis not observed in existing large data sets, I extend Falk and Knell's model to establish a link between immigrants'...

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Why Are East Germans Not More Mobile? Analyzing the Impact of Local Networks on Migration Intentions

Boenisch, Peter; Schneider, Lutz - 2010

region. Applying an IV ordered probit approach and using the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP), we test a local network …. Thirdly, after controlling for the social network effect the mobility gap between East and West substantially reduces. Thus …

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Residential Segregation and Immigrants' Satisfaction with the Neighborhood in Germany

Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe; Tsertvadze, Georgi - 2011

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the relationship between immigrant residential segregation and immigrants' satisfaction with the neighborhood. The estimates show that immigrants living in segregated areas are less satisfied with the neighborhood. This is...

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