The experience of ethnic prejudice of Turkish ethnic minorities in Flanders: Does it affect parental preferences about partner selection?

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 30-41
Author(s):  
Amelie Van Pottelberge ◽  
John Lievens
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Partner Selection ◽  
Ethnic Prejudice ◽  
Parental Preferences

scholarly journals Shared Disadvantage as a Determinant of the Relationship Between White Americans’ Socioeconomic Status and Racial/Ethnic Prejudice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryon Hines ◽  
Kimberly Rios
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Behavioral Measure ◽  
Low Ses ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Ethnic Prejudice ◽  
Subjective Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Arab Immigrants ◽  
Racial Ethnic

The present studies examined the conditions under which low subjective socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with greater racial/ethnic prejudice among White Americans. Based on theories of intergroup threat and inclusive victim consciousness, we predicted that describing racial/ethnic minorities as disadvantaged (versus as competitive or in neutral terms) would increase empathy and reduce prejudice among White Americans who consider themselves low in SES. Study 1 provided correlational evidence that White Americans who perceived themselves as low-SES (but not high-SES) were less prejudiced against racial/ethnic minorities the more they perceived minorities as disadvantaged. In Study 2, portraying the target outgroup (Arab immigrants) as disadvantaged increased outgroup empathy, and in turn reduced prejudice, among participants induced to think of themselves as low-SES. Study 3 conceptually replicated these results using a different outgroup (Mexican Americans) and a behavioral measure of prejudice. Implications for reducing prejudice among White Americans of different socioeconomic backgrounds are discussed.

Partner Type Attitudes of Parents and Adolescents: Understanding the Decline in Transnational Partnerships among Turkish Migrants in Flanders

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1078-1106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelie Van Pottelberge ◽  
Emilien Dupont ◽  
Frank Caestecker ◽  
Bart Van de Putte ◽  
John Lievens
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Partner Selection ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Religious Attendance ◽  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Turkish Migrants ◽  
Parental Preferences

This article describes an unprecedented decline in transnational partnerships among Turkish migrants in Flanders, using population data on all marriages between 2001 and 2008. Studying parental preferences regarding partner selection, we examine attitudinal mechanisms behind this decline. Based on a representative survey, our first result is that (direct) parental involvement in partner selection is lower among the more recent marriage cohorts. Second, parents and adolescents have moved away from a focus on the origin country in partner selection, while ethnic homogamy remains preferred. Third, openness toward mixed partnerships is found among a small but salient proportion of parents and associated with the religious attendance of male parents. We conclude that an attitudinal shift has occurred from a focus on the origin country to an orientation toward the local (ethnic) community. This decline in transnational partnerships is more a product of intense attitudinal change than a reflection of a policy change in the direction of discouraging partner migration and has implications for the integration and demographic characteristics of Turkish ethnic minorities in Flemish society. Additionally, international migration patterns are affected as the character of long-lasting migration from Turkey to Europe is changing and partner migration, one of the most accessible channels to enter Europe, is rapidly decreasing.

Partner Selection and Divorce in Ethnic Minorities: Distinguishing between Two Types of Ethnic Homogamous Marriages

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mieke C. W. Eeckhaut ◽  
John Lievens ◽  
Bart Van de Putte ◽  
Patrick Lusyne
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Partner Selection

scholarly journals Ethnic Discrimination in Multi-ethnic Societies: Evidence from Russia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexey Bessudnov ◽  
Andrey Shcherbak
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Group Relations ◽  
Ethnic Prejudice ◽  
Visible Minorities ◽  
Group Contact ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination

AbstractField experiments have provided ample evidence of ethnic and racial discrimination in the labour market. Less is known about how discrimination varies in multi-ethnic societies, where the ethnic composition of populations is different across locations. Inter-group contact and institutional arrangements for ethnic minorities can mitigate the sense of group threat and reduce discrimination. To provide empirical evidence of this, we conduct a field experiment of ethnic discrimination in Russia with a sample of over 9,000 job applications. We compare ethnically homogeneous cities and cities with ethnically mixed populations and privileged institutional status of ethnic minorities. We find strong discrimination against visible minorities in the former but much weaker discrimination in the latter. These findings demonstrate how institutions and historical contexts of inter-group relations can affect ethnic prejudice and discrimination.

Down and Out: The Children of Migrant Workers in the Belgian Labour Market

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAREN PHALET
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Occupational Attainment ◽  
Guest Workers ◽  
Citizenship Status ◽  
Ethnic Prejudice ◽  
Children Of Migrant Workers ◽  
Post War

Belgium has three major ethnic minorities – Italians, Moroccans, and Turks – originating from guest workers who arrived in the post-war period. These groups continue to experience significant ethnic penalties in the Belgian labour market. For employment and occupational attainment alike, the Italian second generation experiences the smallest ethnic penalties and comes closest to achieving parity with native Belgians. In contrast, the Moroccan and Turkish second generation experience much larger ethnic penalties. Moreover, the Turkish second generation is clearly at the bottom end of the ethnic hierarchy, since it experiences at once the largest penalties on avoidance of unemployment and on access to the salariat. The persistence of ethnic disdvantage in the second generation suggests that at least part of the explanation is to be found in the receiving society. Possible explanations range from overt ethnic prejudice to citizenship status.

scholarly journals Ethnic Discrimination in Multi-ethnic Societies: Evidence from Russia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexey Bessudnov ◽  
Andrey Shcherbak
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Group Relations ◽  
Ethnic Prejudice ◽  
Visible Minorities ◽  
Group Contact ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination

Field experiments have provided ample evidence of ethnic and racial discrimination in the labour market. Less is known about how discrimination varies in multi-ethnic societies, where the ethnic composition of populations is different across locations. Inter-group contact and institutional arrangements for ethnic minorities can mitigate the sense of group threat and reduce discrimination. To provide empirical evidence of this, we conduct a field experiment of ethnic discrimination in Russia with a sample of over 9,000 job applications. We compare ethnically homogeneous cities and cities with ethnically mixed populations and privileged institutional status of ethnic minorities. We find strong discrimination against visible minorities in the former but much weaker discrimination in the latter. These findings demonstrate how institutions and historical contexts of inter-group relations can affect ethnic prejudice and discrimination.

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