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White, Michael J.; Kim, Ann H.; Glick, Jennifer E. - In: Sociological Methods & Research 34 (2005) 2, pp. 173-203

The increasing diversity of immigrant-receiving countries calls for measures of residential segregation that extend …/Caribbean groups and blacks were highly clustered and shared common patterns of segregation with other groups. This study highlights … segregation patterns. The results also demonstrate the merits of this method in providing a more conceptually meaningful way to …

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Business success among visible and non-visible ethnic entrepreneurs: a look at the effects of unemployment, co-ethnic involvement and human capital

Kariv, Dafna; Menzies, Teresa V.; Brenner, Gabrielle A. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 115-150

educational level. Our findings show that while they were mainly unemployed prior to immigration, no significant differences in …

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Naturalization and Employment of Immigrants in France (1968-1999)

Fougère, Denis; Safi, Mirna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Our study examines the empirical link between the naturalization of immigrants and their subsequent employment status in France from 1968 to 1999. For that purpose, we use longitudinal data coming from a panel dataset which follows almost 1% of the French population from 1968 to 1999 through...

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A Macroeconomic Experiment in Mass Immigration

Hercowitz, Zvi; Yashiv, Eran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper studies the effects of mass immigration from the former USSR to Israel in the 1990s on the employment of the … for native employment and the relative price of domestic goods – is estimated, finding negative effects of immigration on … native employment a year after arrival. The delay in the effect is attributed to a positive impact of immigration on the …

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Ethnic community involvement, entrepreneurial social capital, and business performance

Tata, Jasmine; Prasad, Sameer - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 151-170

Ethnic or immigrant social networks tend to influence the type of business that an ethnic entrepreneur starts, as well as the success or failure of the business. In this paper, we develop a theoretical model that proposes that ethnic community involvement influences the configuration of ethnic...

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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. In some countries where labour markets are...

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Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership

Constant, Amelie; Roberts, Rowan; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic...

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Migration in OECD countries: Labour Market Impact and Integration Issues

Jean, Sébastien; Causa, Orsetta; Jimenez, Miguel; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

immigration for natives' labour market outcomes, as well as issues linked to immigrants' integration in the host … to immigration.<P>Les migrations dans les pays de l'OCDE : Impact sur le marché du travail et intégration<BR>Les pays de … marché du travail ont un rôle important à jouer afin de favoriser les ajustements économiques associés à l'immigration. …

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Integration of Immigrants in OECD Countries: Do Policies Matter?

Causa, Orsetta; Jean, Sébastien - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

This working paper assesses the ease of immigrants' integration in OECD labour markets by estimating how an immigration …

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Letter: What Underlies the Inequality of "Garrison America"?

Green, Harlan - In: The Economists' Voice 4 (2007) 4, pp. 6-6

Harlan Greene wonders whether the inadequacy of U.S. efforts to gracefully accommodate its ethnic melting pot could account for the troubling statistics in "Garrison America."

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