A Political Economy of the Immigrant Assimilation: Internal Dynamics
Gil Epstein and
Ira Gang
No 5059, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Abstract:
Within immigrant society different groups wish to help the migrants in different ways – immigrant societies are multi-layered and multi-dimensional. We examine the situation where there exists a foundation that has resources and that wishes to help the migrants. To do so they need migrant groups to invest effort in helping their country-folk. Migrant groups compete against one another by helping their country-folk and to win grants from the foundation. We develop a model that considers how such a competition affects the resources invested by the groups’ supporters and how beneficial it is to immigrants. We consider two alternative rewards systems for supporters – absolute and relative ranking – in achieving their goals.
Keywords: assimilation; political economy; migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2010-07
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Published - published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 325-339
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Working Paper: A Political Economy of the Immigrant Assimilation: Internal Dynamics (2010)
Working Paper: A Political Economy of the Immigrant Assimilation: Internal Dynamics (2010)
Working Paper: A Political Economy of the Immigrant Assimilation: Internal Dynamics (2010)
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