@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8625, author={Epstein, Gil S. and (Cohen), Odelia Heizler}, title={Ethnosizing Immigrants: A Theoretical Framework}, year={2014}, month={Nov}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={8625}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8625}, abstract={Recently, Constant, Gataullina, and Zimmermann (2009) established a new method to measure ethnic identity which they called the "ethnosizer". Using information on an individual's language, culture, social interactions, history of migration, and ethnic self-identification, the method classifies that individual into one of four states: assimilation, integration, separation or marginalization. A large body of literature has emerged examining the effects of immigrants' characteristics (age, gender, education, religion, etc.) on their ethnic identity using the ethnosizer. This note presents a basic theoretical framework to shed light on the vast collection of empirical results obtained on this topic.}, keywords={marginalization;separation;integration;assimilation;immigrants;ethnosizer}, }