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dc.contributor.authorBonin, Holgeren
dc.contributor.authorConstant, Amelie F.en
dc.contributor.authorTatsiramos, Konstantinosen
dc.contributor.authorZimmermann, Klaus F.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:47:54Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:47:54Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18551-
dc.description.abstractThe paper investigates the role of social norms as a determinant of individual attitudes by analyzing risk proclivity reported by immigrants and natives in a unique representative German survey. We employ factor analysis to construct measures of immigrants? ethnic persistence and assimilation. The estimated effect of these measures on risk proclivity suggests that adaptation to the attitudes of the majority population closes the immigrant-native gap in risk proclivity, while stronger commitment to the home country preserves it. As risk attitudes are behaviorally relevant, and vary by ethnic origin, our results could also help explain differences in economic assimilation of immigrants.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDIW Discussion Papers |x658en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.jelJ82en
dc.subject.jelF22en
dc.subject.jelD81en
dc.subject.jelD1en
dc.subject.jelJ62en
dc.subject.jelJ15en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordRisk attitudesen
dc.subject.keywordethnic persistenceen
dc.subject.keywordassimilationen
dc.subject.keywordsecond generation effectsen
dc.subject.keywordgenderen
dc.subject.stwMigrantenen
dc.subject.stwRisikopräferenzen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Normen
dc.subject.stwEthnische Gruppeen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleEthnic Persistence, Assimilation and Risk Proclivity-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn523978537en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp658en

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