Discussion paper

DP5884 Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants

Klaus F. Zimmermann Amelie Constant Liliya Gataullina Laura Zimmermann

15 Oct 2006

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.

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Citation

Zimmermann, K, A Constant, L Gataullina and L Zimmermann (2006), ‘DP5884 Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5884. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp5884