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Three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland: putting into perspective the influence of economic discrimination and of host society culture

Kohler, Pierre - 2012

This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse causation between these two dimensions of the integration process, and the role of host society culture. Whereas each dimension is usually examined separately, this study proposes a...

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Socioeconomic Cleavages between Workers from New Member States and Host-country Labour Forces in the EU during the Great Recession

Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin - 2015

Although there is consensus in the literature that immigrants generally adjust in terms of their labour market status … across different aspects of the market, such as labour market participation, employment and its quality, or the incidence of … self-employment. This chapter provides a comprehensive perspective on labour market cleavages between migrants from new EU …

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Negative selectivity of Europe’s guest-worker immigration?

Dronkers, Jaap; Heus, Manon de - 2009

the thesis that the Turkish immigrants were negatively selected from their native population. The average score of Turkish … show that the negative selectivity of Turkish immigrants can not by explained by the ‘guest-workers’ programs, because the …, and the German second generation pupils. A possible explanation is that all immigrants in Europe have more difficulties in …

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A social proximity explanation of the reluctance to assimilate

Fan, C. Simon; Stark, Oded - 2007

Quite often, migrants appear to exert little effort to absorb the mainstream culture and to learn the language of their host society, even though the economic returns (increased productivity and enhanced earnings) to assimilation are high. We show that when interpersonal comparisons affect...

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Immigration and entrepreneurship in Europe: cross-country evidence

Riillo, Cesare Fabio Antonio; Peroni, Chiara - 2022

long-standing immigrants). Additionally, it implements heteroscedasticity based instruments to address potential … endogeneity issues. The study finds evidence that immigration has a positive effect on entrepreneurship. Immigrants are more … willing to engage in entrepreneurship. Among those who started a new business, however, immigrants have lower chances than …

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QAnon and other conspiracy ideologies’ impact on Sub-Saharan Africa in the age of Global capitalism

Kohnert, Dirk - 2023

With the attack on the Capitol by the 'Proud Boys', Donald Trump's 'deep state' allegations reached the peak of US conspiracy ideologies. Conspiracy was at the core of Trump's policies, including his repeated claims that President Barack Obama was born in Africa. It reflects Trump's deep dislike...

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