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Settlement and migration patterns among immigrants in Norway

Stambøl, Lasse Sigbjørn - European Regional Science Association - 2014

their reason of immigration. The immigration has changed from a gender balance during the first years of the 2000 towards a …

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The role of Culture on Self-Employment

MARCEN, MIRIAM - European Regional Science Association - 2013

There is an extensive literature examining the determinants of self-employment. These studies have mainly failed to account for the differences in entrepreneurial spirit across countries. This paper explores the role of culture in self-employment by exploiting variation in historical...

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Cultural Distance and Gravity Effects among Migrants

Tubadji, Annie; Nijkamp, Peter - European Regional Science Association - 2013

This paper introduces cultural gravity as a new concept for analyzing socio-economic disparities among immigrants. It tests the existence of cultural gravity effects on the geographic concentration and human capital productivity of immigrants. Using cultural distance as a proxy for the local...

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Creativity in fashion design in Slovakia: the case study of Bratislava region

Pástor, Rudolf; Parízková, Jana - European Regional Science Association - 2013

fashion designers located in Bratislava region. The empirical work that provides the basis for this case study used a case …

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Worldviews and Intergenerational Altruism: Empirical Evidence for Germany

Akkemik, K. Ali; Dittrich, Marcus; Göksal, Koray; … - European Regional Science Association - 2013

This paper studies the effects of differences in worldviews on parents? attitudes towards their children. We use unique German survey data containing questions on worldviews, religion, parental behavior, and socioeconomic variables. Our empirical evidence suggests that people with stronger...

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Institutions, Civil Society, Trust and Quality of Life: A Social Capital- And Social Identity-Based Approach. Evidence from the Russian Federation

Sechi, Guido; Tatarko, Alexander; Skilters, Jurgis - European Regional Science Association - 2014

Many scholars, since the early 2000s, advocate for the integration of institutionalist and communitarian views of social capital generation in order to explain civil society dynamics, in particular in countries ? such as former communist states - characterized by transitional processes, with a...

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Migration and work: the cohesive role of vocational training policies

Ragazzi, Elena; Sella, Lisa - European Regional Science Association - 2013

Migration and work are truly connected notions, both because one major cause of migration is the search of better … working conditions, and because work is a fundamental vehicle of social cohesion, especially for the migrants. Hence, the … by offering increasing job opportunities, particularly concerning the weak categories. Therefore, work is a pillar of …

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Downward drifting Sticky Floors? - Evidence on the Development of Wage Inequality Among Foreigners in Germany

Ludsteck, Johannes; Lehmer, Florian - European Regional Science Association - 2013

by the composition of work force characteristics. Our results show that observable characteristics play a significant …

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Homeownership of immigrants in France

Gobillon, Laurent; Solignac, Matthieu - European Regional Science Association - 2014

We investigate the difference in homeownership rate between natives and immigrants as well as its evolution in France using a large longitudinal dataset over the 1975-1999 period. For people staying on the territory the whole time (ie. stayers), we show that returns of characteristics change in...

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Renewable Resources, Environmental Pollution, and International Migration

KONDO, KENJI - European Regional Science Association - 2013

We develop a two-country model with two industries: the smokestack manufacturing industry, which generates pollution, and the transboundary renewable resource industry. With no trade, migration occurs from the foreign country, with lower manufacturing productivity, to the home country. If the...

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