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Genetic distance, immigrants’ identity, and labor market outcomes
Abstract Consistent estimates of the effect of immigrants’ identity on labor market outcomes is complicated by the endogenous relationship between performance on the labor market and attitudes towards ethnic identity. This paper uses measures of genetic distance between immigrants’ home and host countries as instruments for immigrants’ identity. We find some evidence for adverse effects of home country identity on male immigrants’ unemployment likelihood. Our results also suggest that a stronger host country identity only has a systematic effect on employment and job satisfaction. Overall, immigrants’ identity appears to play only a negligible role in immigrants’ labor market performance. Our analysis also shows the importance of accounting for endogeneity in the relationship between immigrants’ ethnic identity and labor market outcomes.
Genetic distance, immigrants’ identity, and labor market outcomes
Abstract Consistent estimates of the effect of immigrants’ identity on labor market outcomes is complicated by the endogenous relationship between performance on the labor market and attitudes towards ethnic identity. This paper uses measures of genetic distance between immigrants’ home and host countries as instruments for immigrants’ identity. We find some evidence for adverse effects of home country identity on male immigrants’ unemployment likelihood. Our results also suggest that a stronger host country identity only has a systematic effect on employment and job satisfaction. Overall, immigrants’ identity appears to play only a negligible role in immigrants’ labor market performance. Our analysis also shows the importance of accounting for endogeneity in the relationship between immigrants’ ethnic identity and labor market outcomes.
Genetic distance, immigrants’ identity, and labor market outcomes
Islam, Asadul (author) / Raschky, Paul A. (author)
2015
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
RVK:
ELIB39
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ELIB45
Local classification FBW:
oek 2608
BKL:
74.80
Demographie
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83.31$jWirtschaftswachstum
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74.80$jDemographie$XGeographie
/
83.31
Wirtschaftswachstum
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