Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation

Ilhom Abdulloev, Gil Epstein and Ira Gang

No 8004, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: ethnic goods; culture; migrants; assimilation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2014-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cwa, nep-mig and nep-ure
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Forthcoming - published in: Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot & Jessie Bakens (eds) Economics on Cultural Diversity, 2015, Edward Elgar Pub: Cheltenham, UK, 52-77

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Working Paper: Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation (2015)
Working Paper: Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation (2014)
Working Paper: Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation (2014)
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