First IZA Ethnicity Meeting (Volkswagen Project)

Place:	IZA, Bonn, Germany
Date:	May 28 - 29, 2005

We wish to thank the Volkswagen foundation for financial support.

Agenda

Saturday, May 28	Focus on Content

9:30 - 11:00	Amelie Constant (IZA) Project briefing and presentation on What is Ethnicity ? How we measure it ? Ethnic Entrepreneuship Interethnic Marriages Citizenship / Naturalization Challenges Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA) Project organization Expected output
11:00 - 11:15	Coffee/Tea Break
11:15 - 12:30	General discussion
12:30	Lunch
13:30 - 16:15	Holger Stichnoth (IZA) Introduction on Ethnicity, Assessment, Literature Review - What do we know ? Interventions of participants How is Ethnicity viewed in other Fields ? Hartmut Esser (University of Mannheim) Ethnicity in Sociology Ralph Rotte (Aachen University and IZA) Ethnicity in Political Science
16:15 - 16:30	Coffee/Tea Break
16:30	Presentations on the three subthemes: Amelie Constant (IZA) and Klaus F. Zimmermann (IZA) Ethnic Entrepreneurship Barry R. Chiswick (University of Illinois at Chicago and IZA) Interethnic / Interreligious Marriages, Spiritual Capital Don J. DeVoretz (Simon Fraser University and IZA) Citizenship / Naturalization General discussion
18:45	We are adjourned
19:30	Dinner

Sunday, May 29	Focus on Ideas and Action

9:30 - 12:30	Summary and Research Plans All participants Data sources Potential collaborators Publications: Journals, Books, Conferences, Media Future meeting dates VW October meeting
12:30	Lunch

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