Arbeitspapier

The economic determinants of ethnic assimilation

Expanding on the concept of ethnic human capital, the paper distinguishes between cultural assimilation compatible with persistent ethnic groups and assimilation through intermarriage and other mechanisms that blur distinctions and lead to the disappearance of ethnic identities. Economic determinants of successful” and disadvantaged” group outcomes are shown to be sensitive to the relationship between ethnic and general human capital, especially with regard to externalities in the processes by which they are formed. The role of income transfer regimes tied to ethnic group membership is also considered.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2212

Classification
Wirtschaft
Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
Subject
ethnicity
human capital
ethnic intermarriage
Ethnische Gruppe
Humankapital
Soziale Integration
Institutionelle Infrastruktur
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2006

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Chiswick, Carmel Ullman
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2006

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