The cultural diversity that new immigrants bring to the host economy is potentially beneficial for the productivity of both immigrants and natives, but immigrants must assimilate to some extent for these benefits to be realized. In general, immigrants assimilate more slowly than natives would like, as they ignore the external material benefits of assimilation for natives and their resistance to foreign cultural influences. We develop a formal framework that highlights the complementarity between immigrants' cultural assimilation, economic integration, and investment in human capital, indicating the scope for mutually beneficial policies, offering immigrants material incentives to assimilate more rapidly.

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移民少数群体的文化和经济融合：分析框架和政策影响

新移民给东道国经济带来的文化多样性可能有利于移民和当地人的生产力，但移民必须在某种程度上同化才能实现这些好处。一般来说，移民的同化速度比当地人希望的要慢，因为他们忽视了同化给当地人带来的外部物质利益以及他们对外国文化影响的抵制。我们制定了一个正式的框架，强调移民的文化同化、经济融合和人力资本投资之间的互补性，表明互利政策的范围，为移民更快地同化提供物质激励。