title: Economic participation and national self-identification of refugees in the Netherlands.
abstract: This study examines whether refugees self-identify as a member of the host society. We use survey data of more than 2,500 Somali, Iraqi, Afghani, Iranian, and ex-Yugoslavian refugees in the Netherlands. The results show that economic participation in the host country is positively related to refugees’ national self-identification. In addition, we find that refugees’ social ties with Dutch natives are associated with national self-identification and that the relationship between economic participation and national self-identification is partially explained by these social ties. Perceived discrimination is not related to refugees’ national self-identification. Implications of these findings for debates on immigration and integration are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Vroome
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coenders
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: van Tubergen
authors.forename: Maykel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verkuyten
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation / Q000266:history; D000346:Afghanistan / Q000208:ethnology; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina / Q000208:ethnology; D017523:Croatia / Q000208:ethnology; D004467:Economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000208:ethnology; D007493:Iraq / Q000208:ethnology; D009426:Netherlands / Q000208:ethnology; D011287:Prejudice; D012036:Refugees / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D017524:Slovenia / Q000208:ethnology; D012933:Social Identification; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000208:ethnology