le immigrants from extremely different places are forced to make radical changes, and have a hard time finding supportive communities. The result is a higher degree of psychological stress among … the biggest-inflow nations are able to boost their post-cut share of inflows enough to compensate! On a different note, there’s some evidence to suggest that assimilation is easier if you take immigrants from super-exotic places and then make them live outside of ethnic communities. Immigrants who are similar to the local culture often manage to avoid feeling pressure to change, and can often find large communities of co-ethnics to help them live their old life, while immigrants from extremely different places are forced to make radical changes, and have a hard time finding supportive communities. The result is a higher degree of psychological stress among these immigrants, but much better econo…
