TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Zimmermann, Laura V
AU  - Zimmermann, Klaus F.
AU  - Constant, Amelie F.
        TI  - Ethnic Self-Identification of First-Generation Immigrants
        PY  - 2006/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2535
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2535
        AB  - This paper uses the concept of ethnic self-identification of immigrants in a two-dimensional framework. It acknowledges the fact that attachments to the home and the host country are not necessarily mutually exclusive. There are three possible paths of adjustment from separation at entry, namely the transitions to assimilation, integration and marginalization. We analyze the determinants of ethnic self-identification in this process using samples of first-generation immigrants for males and females separately, and controlling for pre- and post-migration characteristics. We find strong gender differences and the unimportance of a wide range of pre-migration characteristics like religion and education at home.
        KW  - ethnic self-identification
KW  - first-generation immigrants
KW  - gender
KW  - ethnicity
        ER  -