Does Assimilation Shape the Economic Value of Immigrant Diversity?

Abstract

Errors and omissions are the responsibility of the authors.1 Throughout this article, we use the terms assimilation and integration interchangeably, except when we discuss a particular Norwegian historic forced assimilation policy aimed at the indigenous Sami population. Although these terms have different meanings, as we will discuss below, they cannot be distinguished in the data. The overall interest in the article is in examining the implications for spillovers of natives and immigrants becoming more similar, which can be a result of both assimilation and integration.