Migration and culture

by Epstein, Gil S. Gang, Ira N.

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Full title :Migration and culture / edited by Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang.

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Publication Date:2010.
Edition:1st ed

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Publisher(s):Emerald
Place of Publication:Bingley
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

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Description:xxviii, 729 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

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ISBN:9780857241535, 0857241532, 9780857241542, 0857241540
oclc:ocn697777324
LC Classification:JV6225
Dewey Decimal:305.906912

Ch. 1. Migration and culture / Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang -- ch. 2. Informational cascades and the decision to migrate / Gil S. Epstein -- ch. 3. The measurement of income polarization by ethnic groups : the case of Israel population / Joseph Deutsch -- ch. 4. The effects of school quality in the origin on the payoff to schooling for immigrants / Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller -- ch. 5. Development and migration : lessons from southern Europe / Riccardo Faini, Alessandra Venturini -- ch. 6. Geographic dispersion and internal migration of immigrants / Neeraj Kaushal, Robert Kaestner -- ch. 7. Understanding the wage dynamics of immigrant labor : a contractual alternative / Christoph M. Schmidt -- ch. 8. Interactions between local and migrant workers at the workplace / Gil S. Epstein, Yosef Mealem -- ch. 9. Ethnic competition and specialization / Martin Kahanec -- ch. 10. Nationality discrimination in the labor market : theory and test / Orn B. Bodvarsson, John G. Sessions -- ch. 11. Culture, investment in language and earnings / Erez Siniver -- ch. 12. Immigration : America's nineteenth-century 'law and order problem?' / Howard Bodenhorn, Carolyn M. Moehling, Anne Morrison Piehl…

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Akkulturation Choc du retour au pays Einwanderung Fallstudiensammlung Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation Immigrants -- Intégration Immigrants -- Social conditions Reverse culture shock