The author investigates the significance of the variable "length of stay" as a factor in the integration of migrants, particularly labor migrants. Various aspects of integration are examined, including status attainment, language knowledge, housing quality, desegregation, inter-ethnic contact, and ethnic identification. Causal models of integration are tested

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