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.