Essays about: "natives and immigrants"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 86 essays containing the words natives and immigrants.

  1. 1. Intergenerational Educational Mobility among Immigrants and Natives in Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Anastasia Demidova; [2023]
    Keywords : Intergenerational Mobility; Migration; Education; Human Capital; Germany; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examines the intergenerational educational mobility among immigrants and natives in Germany. Three regression models are estimated to investigate potential differences in the transmission of human capital from parents to their children between immigrants and natives. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Tale of Two Sets of Opportunities. An exploration of Inequality of Opportunity among natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Irem Ucan; [2023]
    Keywords : Inequality of Opportunity; normative economics; Shapley decomposition; second-generation immigrants; income inequality; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the extent of income inequality that is attributed inherited circumstances such as social and family background, denoted as Inequality of Opportunity or IOp, for natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden. The measurement of Inequality of Opportunity captures the between-type inequality, when individuals are grouped into types based on these predetermined circumstances, which involves parametrically estimating the average outcome of each type and comparing these averages between types. READ MORE

  4. 3. The effect of labour unions on immigrant unemployment

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Gustav Sundkvist Olsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Labour unions; immigration; discrimination; unemployment;

    Abstract : One purpose of labour unions is to promote equal outcomes for workers. However, immigration causes the labour force to become more heterogeneous. As a result, the promotion of equal outcomes may have unintended effects. READ MORE

  5. 4. “Are you in the mafia?” : Ethnic discrimination on the American labor market

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

    Author : Anes Velic; [2023]
    Keywords : Employment gap; earnings gap; ethnic discrimination; exogenous shocks to ethnic discrimination on the labor market; employers’ prejudice;

    Abstract : How did the Italian mafia affect honest Italian descendants on the American labor market? This is a study about how an exogenous shock to ethnic discrimination on the labor market affected a whole ethnic group. The goal with this study is to analyze how a massacre by Al Capone’s crew in 1929 affected Italian workers on the American labor market. READ MORE

  6. 5. Education and Assimilation of Turkish Immigrants in Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Tianqi Liu; [2023]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The thesis reviews research about assimilation and education of Turkish immigrants in Germany. The thesis describes Human Capital theory, multiculture and cultural hegemony and segmented assimilation model. READ MORE