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An analysis of a large dataset on immigrant integration in Spain. The statistical mechanics perspective on socialaAction

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Ciencias Socialeses
dc.contributor.authorSandell, Frank Rickard
dc.contributor.authorBarra, Adriano
dc.contributor.authorContucci, Pierluigi
dc.contributor.authorVernia, Cecilia
dc.contributor.funderMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (España)es
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-03T14:54:27Z
dc.date.available2022-06-03T14:54:27Z
dc.date.issued2014-02-25
dc.description.abstractHow does immigrant integration in a country change with immigration density? Guided by a statistical mechanics perspective we propose a novel approach to this problem. The analysis focuses on classical integration quantifiers such as the percentage of jobs (temporary and permanent) given to immigrants, mixed marriages, and newborns with parents of mixed origin. We find that the average values of different quantifiers may exhibit either linear or non-linear growth on immigrant density and we suggest that social action, a concept identified by Max Weber, causes the observed non-linearity. Using the statistical mechanics notion of interaction to quantitatively emulate social action, a unified mathematical model for integration is proposed and it is shown to explain both growth behaviors observed. The linear theory instead, ignoring the possibility of interaction effects would underestimate the quantifiers up to 30% when immigrant densities are low, and overestimate them as much when densities are high. The capacity to quantitatively isolate different types of integration mechanisms makes our framework a suitable tool in the quest for more efficient integration policies.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is supported by the FIRB grants RBFR08EKEV and RBFR10N90W. A.B. is grateful to Sapienza Universita` di Roma; P.C. is grateful to Universita` di Bologna for partial financial support. RS is grateful to the project ‘‘Competition, Adaptation and Labour-Market Attainment of International Migrants in Europe (CALMA)’’ granted by the VI National Plan for Scientific Research, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (CSO2012-38521), for partial financial support.en
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationBarra, A., Contucci, P., Sandell, R., & Vernia, C. (2014). An analysis of a large dataset on immigrant integration in Spain. The Statistical Mechanics perspective on Social Action. Scientific Reports, 4 (1).en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/srep04174
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage1es
dc.identifier.publicationissue1es
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage7es
dc.identifier.publicationtitleScientific Reportsen
dc.identifier.publicationvolume4es
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/34995
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000014705
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherNature Researchen
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. CSO2012-38521es
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dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España*
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/*
dc.subject.ecienciaSociologíaes
dc.subject.otherNetworksen
dc.subject.otherDynamicsen
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