A Political Economy of the Immigrant Assimilation: Internal Dynamics

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1687548

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A Political Economy of the Immigrant Assimilation: Internal Dynamics

Bar-Ilan University Department of Economics Research Paper No. 2010-13

30 Pages Posted: 8 Oct 2010 Last revised: 16 Mar 2011

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Gil S. Epstein

Bar-Ilan University - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; University College London - CReAM - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration

Ira N. Gang

Rutgers University - Economics Department

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Date Written: June 24, 2010

Abstract

Within immigrant society different groups wish to help the migrants in different ways – immigrant societies are multi-layered and multi-dimensional. We examine the situation where there exists a foundation that has resources and that wishes to help the migrants. To do so they need migrant groups to invest effort in helping their country-folk. Migrant groups compete against one another by helping their country-folk and to win grants from the foundation. We develop a model that considers how such a competition affects the resources invested by the groups’ supporters and how beneficial it is to immigrants. We consider two alternative rewards systems for supporters – absolute and relative ranking – in achieving their goals.

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Epstein, Gil S. and Gang, Ira N., A Political Economy of the Immigrant Assimilation: Internal Dynamics (June 24, 2010). Bar-Ilan University Department of Economics Research Paper No. 2010-13, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1687548 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1687548