Arbeitspapier

Ethnic goods and immigrant assimilation

Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We argue that among immigrants this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods they choose to consume. Different types of ethnic goods have vastly different effects on immigrant assimilation. We develop a simple theoretical model useful for capturing the consequences of this struggle, illustrating it with examples of Central Asian assimilation into the Muscovite economy.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IOS Working Papers ; No. 338

Classification
Wirtschaft
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Subject
assimilation
migrants
culture
ethnic goods

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Abdulloev, Ilhom
Epstein, Gil S.
Gang, Ira N.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS)
(where)
Regensburg
(when)
2014

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-201404088434
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Abdulloev, Ilhom
  • Epstein, Gil S.
  • Gang, Ira N.
  • Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS)

Time of origin

  • 2014

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