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Ethnosizing Immigrants: A Theoretical Framework

Gil Epstein and Heizler (Cohen), Odelia (odelia.heizler@gmail.com)
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Heizler (Cohen), Odelia: Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaffo

No 8625, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Recently, Constant, Gataullina, and Zimmermann (2009) established a new method to measure ethnic identity which they called the "ethnosizer". Using information on an individual's language, culture, social interactions, history of migration, and ethnic self-identification, the method classifies that individual into one of four states: assimilation, integration, separation or marginalization. A large body of literature has emerged examining the effects of immigrants' characteristics (age, gender, education, religion, etc.) on their ethnic identity using the ethnosizer. This note presents a basic theoretical framework to shed light on the vast collection of empirical results obtained on this topic.

Keywords: marginalization; separation; integration; assimilation; immigrants; ethnosizer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J15 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2014-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-mig
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Published - published as 'Ethnic identity: a theoretical framework' in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2016, 4:9

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