The impact of non-cognitive individual characteristics on migrant integration

Catia Batista and Rita Mira Vaz

NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA

Abstract: Migrant integration is crucial for ageing European economies to reap the rewards of immigration. Using innovative individual-level integration measures based on survey data collected in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, we test the hypotheses that impatience, risk aversion and grit influence the integration of immigrants across three main dimensions: labour market, social inclusion, and active citizenship. We find that risk aversion positively impacts social integration, and active citizenship is positively impacted by higher impatience levels. Despite Portugal having some of the best immigrant integration policies, our evidence shows that informal barriers to migrant integration remain. Individual non-cognitive characteristics of migrants can help to overcome these barriers.

Keywords: Migration; Integration; Assimilation; Risk aversion; Impatience; Time preferences; Grit; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 61 pages
Date: 2023
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