TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Chiswick, Carmel U.
        TI  - Immigrants and Religion
        PY  - 2014/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8092
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8092
        AB  - Religious considerations affect the decision to immigrate as well as the choice of destination country, and religious behaviors change as immigrants adjust to the economic context of their new country. This paper considers the interaction between the Economics of Religion and the Economics of Immigration, and distinguishes between religiosity per se and an immigrant's religious identity (affiliation). Religious groups are described as quasi-enclaves and immigrant churches as a subset of these. Rising full prices (wage rates) and incomes during the adjustment process affect the religious behavior of immigrants. Religious institutions (referred to as churches) also respond to systematic changes in the religious behaviors of their members.
        KW  - religion
KW  - immigrant church
KW  - quasi-enclave
KW  - immigrant adjustment
KW  - religiosity
KW  - international migration
KW  - social change
        ER  -