Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants

Laura Zimmermann, Liliya Gataullina, Amelie Constant and Klaus Zimmermann ()

No 616, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.

Keywords: Ethnic self-identification; first-generation migrants; gender; ethnicity; human capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J15 J16 J24 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9 p.
Date: 2006
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hrm and nep-soc
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Journal Article: Human capital and ethnic self-identification of immigrants (2008)
Working Paper: Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants (2006)
Working Paper: Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants (2006)
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