Immigrants' life satisfaction in Europe. Between assimilation and discrimination.

Autor/in	Safi, Mirna
Titel	Immigrants' life satisfaction in Europe. Between assimilation and discrimination. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Lebenszufriedenheit von Einwanderern in Europa. Zwischen Assimilation und Diskriminierung.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 26 (2010) 2, S. 159-176Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcp013
Schlagwörter	Zufriedenheit; Zweite Generation; Assimilation (Soz); Diskriminierung; Inländer; Europäische Union; Ausländer; Erste Generation
Abstract	"Using data from the three rounds of the European Social Survey, this article investigates the disparities in life satisfaction measures between the first- and second-generation immigrants, on the one hand, and the natives, on the other hand, in 13 European countries. Two major theoretical hypotheses explaining the lower level of immigrants' subjective well-being are tested: the straight line assimilation and the effect of discrimination. The main finding is that immigrants' relative dissatisfaction does not diminish with time and across generations, which refutes the predictions of the assimilation paradigm. However, when ethnic groups are compared, the discrimination some of them perceive in the host society seems to be a more consistent explanation for their lower life satisfaction level. The effect of discrimination is measured with an attempt to correct for the endogeneity bias that it may lead to by using simultaneous regressions with instrumental variables." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2002 bis 2006. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2010/4