Abstract
Within immigrant society, different groups wish to help the migrants in different ways - immigrant societies are multilayered and multidimensional. 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.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Migration and Culture |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. |
Pages | 325-339 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780857241535 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2010 |
Publication series
Name | Frontiers of Economics and Globalization |
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Volume | 8 |
ISSN (Print) | 1574-8715 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support from the Adar Foundation of the Economics Department at Bar-Ilan University is gratefully acknowledged.
Funding
Financial support from the Adar Foundation of the Economics Department at Bar-Ilan University is gratefully acknowledged.
Funders | Funder number |
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Adar Foundation of the Economics Department at Bar-Ilan University |
Keywords
- Assimilation
- Competition
- Immigrants