Immigrant Religious Adjustment: An Economic Approach to Jewish Migrations

Carmel Chiswick

No 863, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: An economic theory of immigration and immigrant absorption for a religious minority is developed and applied to Jewish history. Human capital is classified according to whether it is allocative or productive, transferable or location-specific, general or Jewish. Crossclassifying these categories leads to various hypotheses about self-selection among Jewish immigrants and their influence on the Jewish community in their destination. Complementarity between general and Jewish human capital is also discussed as a factor in the development of location-specific Jewish human capital and its corresponding Jewish culture.

Keywords: immigrant adjustment; migration; minority ethnic groups; religion; Judaism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 N30 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2003-08
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