Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation
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Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation
Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano Development Studies Working Paper No. 364
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 24 Apr 2014
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Abstract
Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We argue that among immigrants this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods they choose to consume. Different types of ethnic goods have vastly different effects on immigrant assimilation. We develop a simple theoretical model useful for capturing the consequences of this struggle, illustrating it with examples of Central Asian assimilation into the Muscovite economy.
Keywords: assimilation, migrants, culture, ethnic goods
JEL Classification: J15
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Abdulloev, Ilhom and Epstein, Gil S. and Gang, Ira N., Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation. IZA Discussion Paper No. 8004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2406326 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2406326
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