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Living and Working in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency of Immigrants in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Graaff, Thomas de; Poot, Jacques; … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
study uses data from the 2010 American Community Survey to examine the impact of residential and occupational segregation on … immigrants' ability to speak English. We allow for heterogeneity in the relationship between segregation and English language … those who are less residentially and occupationally segregated. The magnitude of the effect of segregation on language …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493087
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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
This paper explores the relationship between residential proximity of individuals from the same ethnic group and the probability of finding a job through social networks, relative to other search methods. Using individual-level data from the UK Labour Force survey and spatial statistics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009415373
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Cultural Diversity - A Matter of Measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2015
measuring spatial dependence, particularly in the form of segregation or clusters. We conclude that there will be in the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011129925
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Life Satisfaction, Ethnicity and Neighbourhoods: Is There an Effect of Neighbourhood Ethnic Composition on Life Satisfaction?
Knies, Gundi; Platt, Lucinda; Nandi, Alita - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2014
Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of minorities and matched small area characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities will be less satisfied, which will in part be explained by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895130
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How Important is Access to Jobs? Old Question - Improved Answer.
Zenou, Yves; Aslund, Olof; Osth, John - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2009
We study the impact of job proximity on individual employment and earnings. The analysis exploits a Swedish refugee dispersal policy to obtain exogenous variation in individual locations. Using very detailed data on the exact location of all residences and workplaces in Sweden, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317980
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Heterogeneous Firms and Imperfect Substitution: The Productivity Effect of Migrants
Haas, Anette; Lucht, Michael - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
To examine the impact of migrants on the average firm productivity, wages and welfare we construct a general … levels and imperfect substitutability between migrants and natives. This gives rise to wage differences between natives and … migrants. As a consequence firms with a higher share of migrants realize wage cost advantages. The heterogeneous distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693432
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Regional Variations in Attitudes Towards Refugees: Evidence from Great Britain
Drinkwater, Stephen; Crawley, Heaven; Kauser, Rukhsana - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
This paper examines changes in public attitudes towards refugees across Britain over almost three decades using data from British Social Attitudes Surveys. It therefore covers the period when immigration as a whole has increased and the number of asylum applications reached their highest levels....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839543
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How diverse can spatial measures of cultural diversity be? Results from Monte Carlo simulations of an agent-based model
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques; Arribas-Bel, Daniel - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2014
distribution of culturally-defined groups – such as segregation, isolation or concentration indexes – are often only capable of … detailed geographical context of the city of Amsterdam. Schelling’s classical segregation model is used as the theoretical … interpreted as revealing unobserved preferences for co-location of individuals with their own group and find that the segregation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011129939
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Immigration, Housing Discrimination and Employment
Boeri, Tito; Patacchini, Eleonora; Pellizzari, Michele; … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2014
the employment status of migrants and the percentage of migrants living nearby. Our data contain information at the very … local level (i.e. the residential block) and are representative of the population of both legal and illegal migrants … source of exogenous variation in the incidence of migrants in each location. We find evidence that migrants who reside in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895112
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Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration and Economic Conditions
dustmann, christian; Fabbri, Francesca; Preston, Ian - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2004
We analyze the association between concentration of minorities and local economic conditions on the one side, and racial harassment and hostile majority attitudes on the other. We distinguish the formation of hostile attitudes and the realization of acts of racially motivated violence as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967962