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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.
Houseworth, Christina A.; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2019
This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...
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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.
Chiswick, Barry R.; Houseworth, Christina A. - 2019
This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149386
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Chapter 9. From Aliens to Citizens : The Political Incorporation of Immigrants
Bevelander, Pieter; Spång, Mikael - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 443-488). 2015
This chapter deals with the political incorporation of immigrants in host societies. Political incorporation is discussed with regard to the regulation of legal status, rights, opportunities, and acquisition of citizenship. We give examples of the legal regulation and policies from several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025474
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Cultural and economic integration of immigrants in Canada : "do you play hockey?"
Japaridze, Irakli; Kaplan, Uma - In: Journal for labour market research 57 (2023) 1, pp. 1-14
This paper studies whether acculturation by immigrants and other minority groups is associated with economic integration in Canada. We examine immigrants’ participation in winter sports, particularly hockey, as a proxy for acculturation given that these sports are popular in Canada but are...
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Who assimilates? : statistical artefacts and intergenerational mobility in immigrant families
Luthra, Renee; Soehl, Thomas - 2014
This paper assesses estimates of immigrant intergenerationa l mobility that are based on aggregate data sources. We show that aggregation bias strongly inflates estimates of the relationship between immigrants' educational attainment and the educational attainment of their children. Compared to...
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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 the German Socio-Economic Panel, a longitudinal dataset including information on both the economic and non-economic conditions of the respondents. We find that the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010355330
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Please call me John : name choice and the assimilation of immigrants in the United States, 1900 - 1930
Carneiro, Pedro; Lee, Sokbae; Reis, Hugo - 2015
The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an American name within the first year of arrival....
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Immigrant volunteering : a way out of labour market discrimination?
Baert, Stijn; Vujić, Sunčica - 2016
Many governments encourage migrants to participate in volunteer activities as a stepping stone to labour market …-volunteering native candidates receive more than twice as many job interview invitations as non‐volunteering migrants, no unequal … treatment is found between natives and migrants when they reveal volunteer activities. …
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Please call me John : name choice and the assimilation of immigrants in the United States, 1900-1930
Carneiro, Pedro; Lee, Sokbae; Reis, Hugo - 2016
The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an American name within the first year of arrival....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454305
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Migrants and educational achievement gaps : avoiding segregation and compensating for parental disadvantage can reduce migrants' educational achievement gabs
Entorf, Horst - 2015
As global migration flows increase, so do the number of migrant students in host country schools. Yet migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430761