EIRP Proceedings, Vol 6 (2011)

Abstract

Migration as factor mobility and migrants as a factor of production are of paramount importance in economics. Scientists, politicians and the general public are dealing with the issue of how immigrants fare in the host country especially in terms of their labor force participation and remmuneration. This article describes recent economic and ethnic diversity caused by international labor migration and their economic integration possibilities. It provides an analysis in understanding the ethnic identities, interaction, attitudes towards immigrants and the natives. While some immigrant groups are economically assimilated, most do not. In this paper I explore how immigrants identify with the culture of their home and received countries and if they have the right attitudes about natives. This article aims at drawing conclusions about implications of ethnic identity and multicultural attitudes for economic performance. Finally, the paper deals with economical and social-cultural integration of Romanian immigrant workers in Germany.