Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP5884
Authors: Laura Zimmermann; Liliya Gataullina; Amelie Constant; Klaus F. Zimmermann
Abstract: 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.
Keywords: ethnic self-identification; ethnicity; first-generation migrants; gender; human capital
JEL Codes: F22; J15; J16; J24; Z10
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| premigration characteristics (F22) | feelings of attachment to Germany (F52) |
| premigration characteristics (F22) | ethnic self-identification (J15) |
| postmigration characteristics (males) (J61) | feelings of attachment to Germany (F52) |
| postmigration characteristics (females) (J61) | feelings of attachment to Germany (F52) |
| education in home country (I25) | affiliation towards Germany (F55) |
| education in home country (I25) | attachment to country of origin (F23) |