Immigration and Economic Integration

Level of Education of Students Involved

Graduate

Faculty Sponsor

Sarah Gundersen

College

Arts and Sciences

Discipline(s)

Economics

Presentation Type

Poster Presentation

Symposium Date

Spring 4-25-2024

Abstract

As the world becomes a more nomadic place, immigration to new economies is becoming more and more common. This project uses a household survey of Ukrainian refugees throughout Europe to identify the important components of economic integration. The main variable of interest was language and how well the household knew the language of their host country. To test the impact of this on economic integration, salary is used as the dependent variable along with a variety of other common indicators as the independent variables. The higher the salary, the better the economic integration. This will help to indicate how important language learning and language resources are to immigrants as they arrive in new areas so that available resources can be effectively allocated.

Biographical Information about Author(s)

Ellesha Smith is working on her degree in International Economics and Finance here at Valpo and hopes to continue her education with a Ph.D. in Economics. Growing up, her family worked directly with immigrants as they arrived in the U.S. to help them settle in. This inspired her interest in this project as she wanted to help identify key ways to help with economic integration.

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