Status and Ethnic Identity: A Study on First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Germany
In: Beiträge Zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft Ser. v.56
Frontmatter -- Cover -- Andreas Genoni: Status and Ethnic Identity. A Study on First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Germany -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The notion of ethnic identity -- 1.2 Studying ethnic identity -- 1.3 The role of status -- 1.3.1 One-dimensionality and dichotomisation: The case of classical assimilationtheory -- 1.3.2 Empirical evidence raises questions -- 1.4 Research interest -- 1.5 Outline of this book -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 2.1 The two building blocks of social production function theory -- 2.1.1 Resources, goals, needs and utility: The hierarchy of social production functions -- 2.1.2 Maintaining and improving personal need satisfaction -- 2.2 Social production functions and context -- 2.3 A general model to explain migrants' ethnic identity -- 2.3.1 Individual resources and contextual conditions -- 2.3.2 Instrumental goals for social approval -- 2.3.3 Social approval and ethnic identity -- 2.3.4 Separated identity -- 2.3.5 Assimilated identity -- 2.3.6 Dual identity -- 2.3.7 No/weak identity -- 2.4 Summary -- 3 Data -- 3.1 The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS): Startingcohort (SC) 6 -- 3.2 The sample -- 4 Empirical Investigation -- 4.1 A note on multinomial logistic regression analysis -- 4.2 Analysis 1: Status and ethnic identity: The role of generation status and migrant recognisability -- 4.2.1 An intergenerational perspective on status and ethnic identity -- 4.2.2 The role of migrant recognisability -- 4.2.3 Model specification and analytical strategy -- 4.2.4 Findings -- 4.2.5 Discussion -- 4.3 Analysis 2: Status mismatch and ethnic identity -- 4.3.1 Theoretical considerations and expectations -- 4.3.2 Model specification and analytical strategy -- 4.3.3 Findings -- 4.3.4 Discussion.