Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership

Constant, Amélie F.; Roberts, Rowan; Zimmermann, Klaus F.

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“…A number of studies show that how individuals relate to the majority society and the culture of their countries of origin may affect different aspects of immigrants' economic behavior, such as labor force participation (Constant and Zimmermann, 2009b;Battu and Zenou, 2010), informal job-search and occupational prestige (Pendakur and Pendakur, 2005), income (Nekby and Rödin, 2007) or home-ownership (Constant et al, 2009). In general, there is evidence of ethnic identity affecting women and men differentially (Nekby and Rödin, 2007;Constant and Zimmermann, 2009b).…”

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Parental ethnic identity and educational attainment of second-generation immigrants

Schüller

2015

J Popul Econ

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Abstract.With growing population shares of second generation immigrants in most Western European countries, the question as to how well they integrate into educational and labor market structures has received critical importance. This paper provides a first attempt to analyze the intergenerational relationship between parental ethnic identity and educational attainment of second generation youth. Results indicate that immigrant children's educational performance benefits from mothers' identification with the majority culture. With respect to fathers, it is in contrast the affiliation to the ethnic minority culture which is positively associated with the child's educational attainment.

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Parental ethnic identity and educational attainment of second-generation immigrants

Schüller

2015

J Popul Econ

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“…However, studies show also that maintaining a commitment to the culture of origin after immigration can be beneficial because it provides immigrants with valuable ethnic-specific capital. Immigrants may have greater employment advantages in the labor market, due to knowledge of two languages, possession of ethnic capital, and access to two ethnic networks (Borjas et al, 1992;Berry, 2006;Constant and Zimmermann, 2008;Constant et al, 2009a;2009b;2009c). On the other hand, a few studies suggest that isolation from the host country's culture may lead immigrants not to investment in specific human and social capital required in the host labor market (Akerlof and Kranton, 2000; Selod and Zenou, 2006;Constant and Zimmermann, 2008;Battu and Zenou;2010).…”

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The effect of ethnic identity on the employment of immigrants

Drydakis

2012

Rev Econ Household

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.IZA Discussion Paper No. 6314 January 2012 ABSTRACT The Effect of Ethnic Identity on the Employment of ImmigrantsThis study evaluates the effect of ethnic identity on the employment level of immigrants in Greece. Treating ethnic identity as a composite of key cultural elements the estimations suggest that employment is positively associated with assimilation and integration and negatively associated with separation and marginalization. In all cases, assimilation provides the highest employment returns, whilst, marginalization provides the highest employment losses. This study adds to the literature by setting up hypotheses, and directly measuring immigrants' ethnic identity commitments. The current results have potentially important implications for post-immigration policies indicating that assimilation and integration policies may be beneficial in terms of labor market outcomes.JEL Classification: F22, J15, J16, Z10

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“…3 Constant and Zimmermann (2009a) [9]; Constant and Zimmermann (2009b) [10]; Constant, Gataullina, [13]; Zimmermann, Zimmermann and Constant (2007) [15] and [40]; Zimmermann (2007a) [36] [12]; [8] …”

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Cultural Integration in Germany

Constant

Nottmeyer

Zimmermann

2012

Cultural Integration of Immigrants in Europe

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S ABSTRACT Cultural Integration in Germany *This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to natives differentiating by gender and immigrant generation. Indicators which are supposed to capture cultural integration of immigrants are differences in marital behavior as well as language abilities, ethnic identification and religious distribution. A special feature of the available data is information about overall life satisfaction, risk aversion and political interest. These indicators are also presented. All of these indicators are depicted in comparison between natives and immigrants differentiated by ethnic origin, gender and generation. This allows visualization of differences by ethnic groups and development over time. Statements about the cultural integration processes of immigrants are thus possible. Furthermore, economic integration in terms of female labor force participation is presented as an additional feature. Empirical findings suggest that differences among immigrants and between immigrants and Germans do exist and differ significantly by ethnic origin, gender and generation. But differences seem to diminish when we consider the second generations. This indicates greater adaptation to German norms and habits, and thus better cultural, socio-economic and political integration of second generation immigrants in Germany.JEL Classification: F22, J15, J61, Z13

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Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership

Cited by 134 publications

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Parental ethnic identity and educational attainment of second-generation immigrants

Parental ethnic identity and educational attainment of second-generation immigrants

The effect of ethnic identity on the employment of immigrants

Cultural Integration in Germany

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