Riedel, Sascha (2015). The Interrelation of Immigrants' Interethnic Ties and Socioeconomic Status in Germany. An Autoregressive Panel Analysis. Eur. J. Popul.-Rev. Eur. Demogr., 31 (3). S. 287 - 308. DORDRECHT: SPRINGER. ISSN 1572-9885

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Abstract

This paper analyses the causality between interethnic ties and socioeconomic status (SES) for Italian, Turkish and former Yugoslavian immigrants in Germany. Referring to social capital theory and its inherent problem of homophily, the interrelation between these two constructs remains ambiguous. The data come from the German socioeconomic panel study. After demonstrating the drawbacks of existing empirical studies on this issue, results of fixed effects panel regressions and autoregressive cross-lagged panel models (ARM) with latent variables are presented. In this respect, the latter are considered more appropriate to tackle the formulated questions. To counter common criticism of ARM, an unmeasured variable model is computed in order to control for spurious relationships. After accounting for simultaneity, reverse causality and unobserved heterogeneity, the interethnic ties of immigrants positively influence the respondents' SES. In the strictest test, no significant reverse effect remains. Hence, the results support social capital theory.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Riedel, SaschaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-397529
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-014-9334-9
Journal or Publication Title: Eur. J. Popul.-Rev. Eur. Demogr.
Volume: 31
Number: 3
Page Range: S. 287 - 308
Date: 2015
Publisher: SPRINGER
Place of Publication: DORDRECHT
ISSN: 1572-9885
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
SOCIAL CONTACTS; UNITED-STATES; 2ND-GENERATION; SCHOOL; NETWORKS; LANGUAGE; ASSIMILATION; PERFORMANCE; FRIENDSHIP; MIGRATIONMultiple languages
DemographyMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/39752

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