Is it all about the costs? Cultural distance and adjustment of recent migrants
Andreas Genoni,
Jean Philippe Décieux,
Elke Murdock
Abstract:The cultural distance (CD) between the origin and destination country of migrants has long been considered important for individual adjustment. Past research predominantly followed a cost perspective, emphasising rising adjustment costs with increasing CD and postulating a negative linear relationship. Previous studies therefore overlooked potential benefits of CD for adjustment. We address this gap by taking a more differentiated perspective on CD and adjustment. Using probability-based survey data on recent … Show more
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