Essays about: "Attitudes towards immigrants"

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1. 11. Ethnic and Gender Differences in the Swedish Labour Market: Do Attitudes Towards Immigrants Matter?

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Amanda Abrahamsson; Thea Andersson; [2021]
   Keywords : Immigrant-Native Employment Gap; Negative Attitudes; Non-European Immigrants; Gender; Sweden;

   Abstract : International migration has had a steady growth over the last decades and the integration of immigrants into the labour market is a challenge for many countries. Previous literature has found that immigrants, especially non-European immigrants, are disadvantaged in the labour market, and that the size of this disadvantage differs between male and female immigrants. READ MORE

3. 12. Discrimination in the German Labor Market : The migration crisis 2015 and its effect on discrimination

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Rijad Omerovic; Arda Kucukyavuz; [2021]
   Keywords : Linear Probability Model; Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition; Public Attitudes; Immigration; Germany; Migration Crisis; Employment; Employment Probability; Labor Market; Discrimination; Human Capital;

   Abstract : This paper analyzes how the explained and unexplained part of the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition has changed due to a shift in attitudes towards immigrants in Germany. We use the migration crisis in 2015 as an exogenous source of variation in attitudes towards immigrants. READ MORE

4. 13. Language requirements for Swedish citizenship : Adult language learners' attitudes towards the Swedish language test for immigrants

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Fredrik Johnsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Language tests; attitudes; investment; ideologies; capital; identity; participatory parity; linguistic citizenship.;

   Abstract : In line with the global trend of increased language requirements for naturalization, the Swedish government decided in 2019 to introduce a language test for citizenship. Drawing on Norton Peirce’s (1995) notion of investment and Fraser’s (2000) definition of participatory parity, this study investigates adult second language learners’ attitudes towards the test and analyzes how investment in language learning and perception of possibilities for participatory parity influence their views. READ MORE

5. 14. Deconstructing and Reconstructing Attitudes Towards Immigrants: The Case of Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

   Author : Nino Zubashvili; [2020]
   Keywords : Attitudes towards immigrants; immigrant integration policies; quantitative methods; social economy and social psychology; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Host societies’ attitudes towards immigrants in Europe has continuously been getting attention in recent decades of increased levels of globalization, as attitudes determine the levels of immigrants’ integration. This, in turn, has huge influence on social cohesion so important for the functioning of peaceful and just societies. READ MORE

6. 15. Examining economic and cultural concerns in shaping attitudes towards immigration : A survey experiment

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Cerasela Stroe; [2020]
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   Abstract : Researchers have studied whether opposition to immigrants is primarily due to a perceived economic threat, a perceived cultural threat, or combination of the two. There are various competing theories on why people perceive immigrants as a threat but in this thesis, we will focus on testing group threat theory and social identity theory. READ MORE