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Ethnosizing immigrants: a theoretical framework
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2014
, gender, education, religion, etc.) on their ethnic identity using the ethnosizer. This note presents a basic theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434504
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Ethnosizing Immigrants : A Theoretical Framework
Epstein, Gil S. - 2014
, gender, education, religion, etc.) on their ethnic identity using the ethnosizer. This note presents a basic theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043691
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001498
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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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Ethnic identity : a theoretical framework
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-11
literature which studies the effect of the immigrants' characteristics, such as age, gender, education, religion, age at arrival …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526516
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A reluctance to assimilate
Stark, Oded (contributor); Fan, Chengze Simon (contributor) - 2006
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737408
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New evidence on son preference among immigrant households in the United States
Duan, Huiqiong; Hicks, Daniel L. - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/14, pp. 1-28
This paper provides new evidence on the acquisition and persistence of child gender preference among immigrant … between immigrant parents is associated with stronger gender preferences. Third, comparing male and female migrants who marry …, child gender preferences are strongest for migrants who arrive after childhood but do not appear to diminish with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012303251
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Migration and stratification
Jasso, Guillermina - 2011
of the United States. -- immigration ; immigrant visas ; social stratification ; gender ; race ; Hispanic origin ; skin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312041
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Integration as a catalyst for assimilation
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2013
We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host country’s society, and economic assimilation as acquisition of human capital that is specific to the host...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774820
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Integration as a catalyst for assimilation
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2013
We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host countryś society, and economic assimilation as acquisition of human capital that is specific to the host...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775564