Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants

Laura Zimmermann, Liliya Gataullina (), Amelie Constant and Klaus Zimmermann ()
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No 2300, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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: human capital; ethnic self-identification; gender; first-generation migrants; ethnicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J15 J16 J24 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2006-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hrm, nep-ltv and nep-soc
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 98 (3), 235-239

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Related works:
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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