The effect of ethnic identity on the employment of immigrants

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Mobile applications aiming to facilitate immigrants’ societal integration and overall level of integration, health and mental health. Does artificial intelligence enhance outcomes?

“…m-Learning on human capital or m-Health on health (Devroey, 2018;Amante et al 2015;Hamine et al 2015;Mosa et al 2012). Based on the nature of this study we indicate that m-Learning and m-Health could also be associated with immigrants' level of integration, since human capital, health and mental health are crucial determinants of integration (World Health Organization, 2018a;OECD, 2016;Aoki and Santiago, 2018;Clarke and Isphording, 2016;Giannoni et al, 2016;Malmusi, 2015;Drydakis, 2013;2012a). Furthermore, in the present study, we examine whether AI, part of each m-Integration application, could boost integration and health-oriented outcomes.…”

National identity among economic and non-economic immigrants

“…These minority identities have often been seen as a potential source of economic inefficiency. For this reason, one strand of work examines the role of minority identity in labour market performance (Battu and Zenou 2010;Bisin et al 2011a;Constant et al 2006;Drydakis 2013;Islam and Raschky 2015;Mason 2004;Rödin 2010, Pendakur andPendakur 2005), while another examines minority identity and educational attainment (Nekby et al 2009;Schüller 2015).…”

“…Several authors have applied a version of Berry's (1997) two-dimensional acculturation framework in this setting, distinguishing between four strategies that immigrants or ethnic minority individuals may choose for interaction with the majority society: 'integration', 'assimilation', 'separation', and 'marginalisation' (Constant et al 2006;Constant and Zimmermann 2008;Drydakis 2013;Nekby and Rödin 2010;Nekby et al 2009). 'Integration' describes the case where a minority individual takes on the identity of the majority but maintains her own minority identity.…”

Parental Ethnic Identity and Child Test Scores*

“…16 Dustmann, 1996;Zimmermann, Zimmermann and Constant, 2007;Constant and Zimmermann, 2008;Zimmermann et al, 2008;Constant, Gataullina and Zimmermann, 2009;Casey and Dustmann, 2010;Manning and Roy, 2010;Georgiadis and Manning, 2013;Masella, 2013;Campbell, 2019;Chiang, Liu and Wen, 2019; Depetris-Chauvin et al, 2020. 17 Mason, 2004;Pendakur and Pendakur, 2005;Battu and Zenou, 2010;Bisin et al, 2011a. 18 Constant, Gataullina and Zimmermann, 2006;Constant and Zimmermann, 2009;Nekby and Rödin, 2010;Drydakis, 2013. 19 Schüller, 2015. affiliation with the minority group improves self-esteem by affirming heritage, or allows access to informal parenting support by signalling minority group commitment. 20 For example, Nekby, Rödin and Özcan (2009) examine tertiary education among young adults with immigrant backgrounds in Sweden.…”