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Integration von Migranten: ethnische Identität bestimmt ökonomischen Erfolg
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 42, pp. 644-650
Ethnische Vielfalt ist eine Quelle für ökonomische Vorteile, die sich Migranten und ihre Aufnahmeländer zunutze machen können. Insbesondere der Grad an Bindung oder Identifikation mit dem Aufnahme- und Herkunftsland determiniert den ökonomischen Erfolg von Zuwanderern. Grundlage eines...
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Ethnic persistence, assimilation and risk proclivity
Bonin, Holger; Constant, Amelie; Tatsiramons, Konstantinos - In: IZA Journal of Migration 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
This paper investigates whether immigrants adapt to the attitudes of the majority population in the host country by focusing on the effect of ethnic persistence and assimilation on individual risk proclivity. Employing information from a unique representative German survey, we find that...
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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 … immigrants and natives. However, the gap does not decrease for visible-minority immigrants, suggesting that acculturation might …
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The dynamics of international migration: Introduction
Stark, Oded - In: International Review of Economics and Finance 28 (2013), pp. 1-2
This special issue of the International Review of Economics and Finance contributes to the received literature of the dynamics of international migration by highlighting the role of tradition in propelling migration; by admitting that the human capital formation response to the prospect of...
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Gender and corruption: The neglected role of culture
Debski, Julia; Jetter, Michael; Mösle, Saskia; … - In: European Journal of Political Economy 55 (2018), pp. 526-537
between gender and corruption. Therefore, culture is an important dimension to consider when analyzing the relationship …
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Integration Policy Towards Immigrants: Current Experience
Bureiko, Nadiia - In: CES Working Papers 4 (2012) 1, pp. 12-23
In the contemporary world the intensity of the immigration movements is constantly increasing. Countries which experience great immigrant flows are facing numerous problems which should be solved. The article studies the current immigration flows in EU countries, the United States of America and...
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How skilled immigration may improve economic equality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of Migration 3 (2014), pp. 1-13
Mobile workers involve flows of labor and human capital and contribute to a more efficient allocation of resources. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration...
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Immigrant Performance and Selective Immigration Policy: A European Perspective
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: National Institute Economic Review 194 (2005) 1, pp. 94-105
The European Union aims at a stronger participation by its population in work to foster growth and welfare. There are …
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Do anti-discrimination policies work?
Valfort, Marie-Anne - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
, including ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or beliefs, disability, being over 55 years old, or being …
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Wage discrimination against immigrants: Measurement with firm-level productivity data
Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 15, pp. 1-24
) and address firm fixed effects and endogeneity issues through a diff GMM-IV estimator. Our models also test for gender …
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