Migration, friendship ties, and cultural assimilation
We study migrants’ assimilation by analyzing whether friendship with natives is a measure of cultural assimilation and by investigating the formation of social ties. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we find that migrants with a German friend are more similar to natives than those without along...
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| author | Facchini, Giovanni Patacchini, Eleanora Steinhardt, Max F. |
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| description | We study migrants’ assimilation by analyzing whether friendship with natives is a measure of cultural assimilation and by investigating the formation of social ties. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we find that migrants with a German friend are more similar to natives than those without along several important dimensions, including concerns about the economy, interest in politics and a host of policy issues. Turning to friendship acquisition, we find that becoming employed, time spent in the host country, the birth of a child, residential mobility and additional education acquired in the host country are significant drivers of social network variation. |
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| spelling | nottingham-304962020-05-04T20:09:12Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30496/ Migration, friendship ties, and cultural assimilation Facchini, Giovanni Patacchini, Eleanora Steinhardt, Max F. We study migrants’ assimilation by analyzing whether friendship with natives is a measure of cultural assimilation and by investigating the formation of social ties. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we find that migrants with a German friend are more similar to natives than those without along several important dimensions, including concerns about the economy, interest in politics and a host of policy issues. Turning to friendship acquisition, we find that becoming employed, time spent in the host country, the birth of a child, residential mobility and additional education acquired in the host country are significant drivers of social network variation. Wiley 2015-04 Article PeerReviewed Facchini, Giovanni, Patacchini, Eleanora and Steinhardt, Max F. (2015) Migration, friendship ties, and cultural assimilation. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 117 (2). pp. 619-649. ISSN 1467-9442 Culture Social Network Formation Ethnic minorities http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sjoe.12096/full doi:10.1111/sjoe.12096 doi:10.1111/sjoe.12096 |
| spellingShingle | Culture Social Network Formation Ethnic minorities Facchini, Giovanni Patacchini, Eleanora Steinhardt, Max F. Migration, friendship ties, and cultural assimilation |
| title | Migration, friendship ties, and cultural assimilation |
| title_full | Migration, friendship ties, and cultural assimilation |
| title_fullStr | Migration, friendship ties, and cultural assimilation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Migration, friendship ties, and cultural assimilation |
| title_short | Migration, friendship ties, and cultural assimilation |
| title_sort | migration, friendship ties, and cultural assimilation |
| topic | Culture Social Network Formation Ethnic minorities |
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