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dc.contributor.authorHamermesh, Daniel S.en
dc.contributor.authorTrejo, Stephen J.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-25-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-23T09:35:37Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-23T09:35:37Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36915-
dc.description.abstractUsing 2004-2008 data from the American Time Use Survey, we show that sharp differences between the time use of immigrants and natives become noticeable when activities are distinguished by incidence and intensity. We develop a theory of the process of assimilation - what immigrants do with their time - based on the notion that assimilating activities entail fixed costs. The theory predicts that immigrants will be less likely than natives to undertake such activities, but conditional on undertaking them, immigrants will spend more time on them than natives. We identify several activities - purchasing, education and market work - requiring the most interaction with the native world, and these activities more than others fit the theoretical predictions. Additional tests suggest that the costs of assimilating derive from the costs of learning English and from some immigrants' unfamiliarity with a high-income market economy. A replication using the 1992 Australian Time Use Survey yields remarkably similar results.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5010en
dc.subject.jelJ11en
dc.subject.jelJ22en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordTime useen
dc.subject.keywordfixed costsen
dc.subject.keywordincidenceen
dc.subject.keywordintensityen
dc.subject.stwMigrantenen
dc.subject.stwZeitbudgetforschungen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Integrationen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwAustralienen
dc.titleHow do immigrants spend their time? The process of assimilation-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn630063141en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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