Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34405 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3056
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
With globalization, the size of migration and the value of ethnicity is rising. Also Cyprus undergoes a strong process of change while experiencing large inflows of migration. The paper investigates the challenges and the potentials of migration from a European Union perspective. It advocates for a new concept to measure the ethnic identity of migrants, models its determinants and explores its explanatory power for various types of economic performance. The ethnosizer, a measure of ethnic identity, classifies migrants into four states: integration, assimilation, separation and marginalization. Empirical evidence supports its relevance for economic outcomes.
Subjects: 
Ethnic identity
acculturation
migrant assimilation
migrant integration
cultural economics
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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