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Perceived Threat, Contact and Attitudes Towards the Integration of Immigrants. Evidence from Luxembourg
Callens, Marie-Sophie; Meuleman, Bart; Valentova, Marie - 2021
This paper examines the relation between immigration-related threat perceptions and the attitudes towards the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013244042
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Bridges or buffers? : motives behind immigrants' religiosity ; a comparative study of Europe and the United States
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2013
This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive - whether immigrants'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209718
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Divided we stand : immigration attitudes, identity, and subjective well-being
Welsch, Heinz; Kühling, Jan - 2017
Immigration is a crucial issue in contemporary politics, and attitudes towards immigration are highly dispersed in many … countries. We treat individuals' immigration friendliness (IF) as a feature of their self-image or identity and hypothesize that …, similar to other pro-social self-images, greater immigration friendliness is associated with greater subjective well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724593
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Ethnic identity and the employment outcomes of immigrants : evidence from France
Delaporte, Isaure - 2019
design effective post-immigration policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022260
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Learning from the origins
Yarkin, Alexander - 2023
How do political preferences and voting behaviors respond to information coming from abroad? Focusing on the international migration network, I document that opinion changes at the origins spill over to 1st- and 2nd-generation immigrants abroad. Local diasporas, social media, and family ties to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014336391
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Discrimination and Assimilation
Eguia, Jon X. - 2015
I present a theory of assimilation in a heterogeneous society composed of two groups with distinct social norms and unequal statuses. Members of the group with a relatively disadvantaged status face an incentive to assimilate, embracing the norms of the more advantaged group. The cost of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038647
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Assimilation, criminality and ethnic conflict
Dasgupta, Indraneel; Mukherjee, Diganta - 2014
We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010239273
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Refugees in Germany perceived higher discrimination in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
Cardozo, Adriana R.; Prömel, Christopher; Zinn, Sabine - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 17/18, pp. 119-127
Refugees in Germany perceive discrimination due to their country of origin in various life dimensions, which can … perceive discrimination on the labor market, at educational institutions, on the housing market, with public authorities, and … in daily life. The results show that perceived discrimination increased in all observed dimensions between 2019 and 2020 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013204842
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Should Immigrants Culturally Assimilate or Preserve Their Own Culture? Individual Beliefs and the Longevity of National Identity
Grajzl, Peter - 2017
We develop and empirically test a theory concerning individual beliefs about whether immigrants should culturally assimilate into the host society or preserve their own cultural norms. We argue that when national identity is a source of intrinsic utility, the longevity of national identity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954570
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Learning from the origins
Yarkin, Alexander - 2023
How do political preferences and voting behaviors respond to information coming from abroad? Focusing on the international migration network, I document that opinion changes at the origins spill over to 1st- and 2nd-generation immigrants abroad. Local diasporas, social media, and family ties to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014340037