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Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration and Economic Conditions
Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca; Preston, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In this paper, we analyse the association between spatial concentration of ethnic minorities, and racial harassment. Ethnic concentration relates to racial harassment through at least three channels: hostility in attitudes of majority individuals that find expression in harassment behaviour, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536015
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Living and Working in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency of Immigrants in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Beckhusen, Julia; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; de Graaff, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10009650609
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A Longitudinal Study of Migration Propensities for Mixed Ethnic Unions in England and Wales
Feng, Zhiqiang; van Ham, Maarten; Boyle, Paul; Raab, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Most studies investigating residential segregation of ethnic minorities ignore the fact that the majority of adults …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653983
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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We analyse the effect of strong and weak ties on the individual probability of finding a job. Using the dynamic model of Calvó-Armengol and Jackson (2004), two results are put forward: (i) the individual probability of finding a job is increasing in the number of strong and weak ties; (ii) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761936
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Pre-Hire Factors and Workplace Ethnic Segregation
Strömgren, Magnus; Tammaru, Tiit; van Ham, Maarten; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
ethnic segregation. Therefore, recent research on ethnic segregation and contact is increasingly turning its attention from … level, workplace neighbourhood segregation is lower than residential neighbourhood segregation. Our micro-level analysis … further shows that high levels of residential exposure of immigrants to natives help to reduce ethnic segregation at the level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924601
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The Effect of Community-Level Socio-Economic Conditions on Threatening Racial Encounters
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper contributes to the emerging literature on racial and ethnic tension by analyzing the relationship between local socio-economic conditions and the propensity for outsiders to have threatening racial encounters with insiders. We use unique data for a sample of active-duty Army personnel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761636
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Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed
Constant, Amelie F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
In this paper I assert that the entrepreneurial spirit can also exist in salaried jobs. I study the determinants of wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany – self-employed and salaried businesswomen – and investigate whether ethnicity is important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763778
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The Nature and Extent of Job Separations in Germany: Some New Evidence from SOEP
Haile, Getinet Astatike - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper analyses job separations in Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel spanning from 1984 to 2003. Based on detailed reasons for job separation and different SOEP samples, the paper attempts to establish the nature of job separations in Germany. It brings to light some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004557
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Can State Language Policies Distort Students' Demand for Higher Education?
Muravyev, Alexander; Talavera, Oleksandr - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper takes advantage of a recent policy experiment in Ukraine's secondary education system to study the effect of stricter requirements for proficiency in the state language on linguistic minority students’ demand for, as well as opportunities to pursue, further studies at the university...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805629
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Age at Migration and Social Integration
Aslund, Olof; Böhlmark, Anders; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the residential market, the labor market, and the marriage market. We use population-wide Swedish data and compare outcomes as adults among siblings arriving at different ages in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969334