Assimilation of immigrants in Spain: A longitudinal analysis

Izquierdo, Mario; Lacuesta, Aitor; Vegas, Raquel

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2009.08.011

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“…Scholar studies suggest that with time spent in the host country, immigrants become more like natives because they are exposed to the new culture and are investing in local social capital. As a result the acquisition of host country language and cultural understanding provides access to information, social networks, and the human capital required to succeed in the host country (Chiswick, 1978;Borjas, 1985;Borjas et al, 1992;Chiswick et al, 1997;Berry, 1997;Izquierdo et al, 2009;Beenstock et al, 2010;Chiswick and Lofstrom, 2010). However, studies show also that maintaining a commitment to the culture of origin after immigration can be beneficial because it provides immigrants with valuable ethnic-specific capital.…”

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The effect of ethnic identity on the employment of immigrants

Drydakis

2012

Rev Econ Household

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The effect of ethnic identity on the employment of immigrants

Drydakis

2012

Rev Econ Household

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“…Recent examples of research on wage differentials and immigration, like the papers of Simón et al (2008), Canal-Domínguez and Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, or Antón et al (2010a and2010b), though documenting the issue of the earnings gap between migrants and natives not explained by human capital endowments, do not address the possibility of a double negative effect on female migrants' outcomes. In addition, there is an increasing body of research analysing the assimilation process of immigrants to the Spanish labour market, pointing out to a higher employment rate (percent of total working age population who is employed) among immigrants than among natives and finding a certain convergence in terms of employment rate and a more limited evidence of progression in terms of occupational levels (Amuedo-Dorantes and De la Rica, 2007;Alcobendas and Rodríguez-Planas, 2009) and earnings (Izquierdo et al, 2009) 4 .…”

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Raining stones?: Female immigrants in the Spanish labour market

Antón¹,

Bustillo

Carrera

2012

Estudios de Economía

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“…This translates into different degrees of integration and assimilation. For example in Spain, earnings assimilation is faster for South-American and European (new accession countries to EU) immigrants compared to Africans (Izquierdo et al, 2009). In Ireland, even before the crisis workers from Central and Eastern EU countries were less likely to be in high-level occupations, controlling for factors such as age and education, than natives or workers from other nationalities (Barrett and Duffy, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%