Barriers of culture, networks, and language in international migration: A review

Z Wang, T De Graaff, P Nijkamp - Region, 2018 - openjournals.wu.ac.at
Along with the increasing pace of globalization, recent decades faced a dramatic increase in
international migrant flows as well. Compared to the flows of trade, capital and knowledge …

The impact of cultural differences on the success of elite labor migration—Evidence from professional soccer

J Bosker, M Gürtler - Annals of Operations Research, 2024 - Springer
The literature finds that cultural differences have a negative impact on the success of
international labor migration. However, modeling cultural effects requires a variety of …

Linguistic enclaves, sorting, and language skills of immigrants

A Kanas, Y Kosyakova, E Vallizadeh - Journal of Immigrant & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The literature argues that linguistic enclaves negatively affect immigrants' language
proficiency by reducing their exposure and incentives to learn destination language. This …

Social identity, mental health and the experience of migration

K Brance, V Chatzimpyros… - British Journal of Social …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence suggests that social identities, which provide purpose and a sense of belonging,
enhance resilience against psychological strain and safeguard well‐being. This applies to …

Immigrants and trade union membership: Does integration into society and workplace play a moderating role?

F Jima Bedaso, U Jirjahn - British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We hypothesize that incomplete integration into the workplace and society implies that
immigrants are less likely to be union members than natives. Incomplete integration makes …

[HTML][HTML] Intergenerational assimilation of minorities: The role of the majority group

R Itoh, Y Sato, Y Zenou - European Economic Review, 2024 - Elsevier
We develop a dynamic model of assimilation of ethnic minorities that posits a trade-off
between higher productivity and wages and greater social distance from the culture of origin …

Social assimilation and labor market outcomes of migrants in China

S Cai, KF Zimmermann - 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Previous research has found identity to be relevant for international migration, but has
neglected internal mobility as in the case of the Great Chinese Migration. However, the …

Language skill acquisition in immigrant social networks: Evidence from Australia

JW Laliberté - Labour Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper estimates the effect of linguistic enclaves on one of the most important
determinants of both the economic and social integration of immigrants: language skills …

Return travel, assimilation, and cultural maintenance: An example of Turkish-Americans in Arizona

B Kaftanoglu, DJ Timothy - Tourism Analysis, 2013 - search.proquest.com
Within the context of diaspora studies, immigration, assimilation, and return travel, this study
examines the relationships between elements of cultural integration and travel …

Gift-exchange in society and the social integration of refugees–Evidence from a survey, a laboratory, and a field experiment

S Jeworrek, BJ Leisen, V Mertins - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Refugee integration requires broad support from the host society, but only a minority is
actively engaged. Given that most individuals reciprocate kind behavior, we examine the …