Browsing by Subject "Immigration"
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Book Chapter
Encountering Alterity: Geographic and Semantic Movements
(Oxford University Press, 2012)This chapter analyzes the semantic consequences of crossing national borders. When crossing borders, identities change, and alterity is encountered. We ask: what are the semantic structures, or meanings, that enable alterity ...
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“Europe” in Greece: Lay constructions of Europe in the context of Greek immigration debates
(2017)In this paper, we analyse discourses about Europe in Greek debates about immigration and citizenship and highlight the complexities of “Europeanness” as a symbolic resource for argumentation in these debates. Our data ...
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Immigration and international prices
(2012)This paper considers the relation between immigration and prices in a number of countries across the world over the period from 1990 to 2006. Immigration is shown to have a negative impact on international relative prices. ...
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Immigration and international prices: An initial assessment
(2011)Using prices from a number of cities across the world during 1990-2006, this paper shows that there exists a negative impact of immigration on prices. The estimated absolute elasticity of prices with respect to immigration ...
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The impact of immigration on the employment and wages of native workers
(2013)We analyze the impact of the immigration influx that took place during the years 2000-2007 in Greece on labor market outcomes. We employ a search and matching framework that allows for skill heterogeneity and differential ...
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Interethnic marriage: A choice between ethnic and educational similarities
(2011)This paper explores the role of assortative matching on education in explaining the relationship between schooling and ethnic endogamy. Using 2000 US Census data, we find that matching on education rather than ethnicity ...
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Part 3: Interethnic marriages and economic performance: I'll marry you if you get me a job: Marital assimilation and immigrant employment rates
(2009)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to test whether marriage to a native affects the probability that an immigrant will be employed. Design/methodology/approach: Utilizing 2000 US Census data, first the effect of ...
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Selves on the Move
(2007)This review examines how we can use the theoretical and methodological tools of Gillespie's book to become better social scientists. We examine ways of approaching intergroup relations by applying the ideas of the book to ...
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Sustaining identity change through the use of symbolic resources: The case of an immigrant living in Greece
(IAP Information Age Publishing, 2014)This article examines processes of identity change involved in the transition of immigration through the case of Celia, a Colombian immigrant living in Greece. It begins by examining the processes of identity change that ...