DP5884 Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants
Author(s): | Amelie Constant, Liliya Gataullina, Laura V. Zimmermann, Klaus F Zimmermann |
Publication Date: | October 2006 |
Keyword(s): | ethnic self-identification, ethnicity, first-generation migrants, gender, human capital |
JEL(s): | F22, J15, J16, J24, Z10 |
Programme Areas: | Labour Economics |
Link to this Page: | cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=5884 |
The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.