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The Impact of Social Capital on Crime: Evidence from the Netherlands

Akçomak, I. Semih; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper investigates the relation between social capital and crime. The analysis contributes to explaining why crime is so heterogeneous across space. By employing current and historical data for Dutch municipalities and by providing novel indicators to measure social capital, we find a link...

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First Time Parents’ Paid Work Patterns in Amsterdam: Father’s Part-Time Work, Family’s Immigrant Background and Mother’s Work for Pay When the Infant Is Very Young

Wetzels, Cecile - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

explores both issues in addition to the effects of human capital, the mother’s partner not sharing the household, the women …

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Measuring and Interpreting Trends in the Division of Labour in the Netherlands

Akçomak, I. Semih; Borghans, Lex; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper introduces indicators about the division of labour to measure and interpret recent trends in the structure of employment in the Netherlands. Changes in the division of labour occur at three different levels: the level of the individual worker, the level of the industry and the spatial...

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Neighbourhood Selection of Non-Western Ethnic Minorities: Testing the Own-Group Preference Hypothesis Using a Conditional Logit Model

Boschman, Sanne; van Ham, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The selective inflow and outflow of residents by ethnicity is the main mechanism behind ethnic residential segregation. Many studies have found that ethnic minorities are more likely than others to move to ethnic minority concentration neighbourhoods. An important question which remains largely...

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Migration, Economic Crisis and Adjustment in the UK

Clark, Ken; Drinkwater, Stephen; Robinson, Catherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

and labour market outcomes are also analysed, including how these relate to changes in the economy and migration policy …

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Happiness, Habits and High Rank: Comparisons in Economic and Social Life

Clark, Andrew E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

activities, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward. …

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How Do Tougher Immigration Measures Impact Unauthorized Immigrants?

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Puttitanun, Thitima; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The recent impetus of tougher immigration-related measures passed at the state-level raises concerns about the impact of such measures on the migration experience, trajectory and future plans of unauthorized immigrants. In a recent and unique survey of Mexican unauthorized immigrants interviewed...

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Optimal Immigration Policy: Permanent, Guest-Worker, or Mode IV?

Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

share of migrants’ income whose payment is deferred. The maximization also takes into account the impact of the policy on … solves for the policy measures, the overstaying probability, and the level of illegal migration. The paper concludes that the … optimal policy is a combination of Mode IV-type and permanent migration. …

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Labor Search and Matching in Macroeconomics

Yashiv, Eran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The labor search and matching model plays a growing role in macroeconomic analysis. This paper provides a critical, selective survey of the literature. Four fundamental questions are explored: how are unemployment, job vacancies, and employment determined as equilibrium phenomena? What...

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Climbing the Drug Staircase: A Bayesian Analysis of the Initiation of Hard Drug Use

Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line; Jacobi, Liana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

been influential in formulating a strict drug policy in many western countries. Individual differences in proneness and … different policy implications. We propose a Bayesian estimation and predictive framework to analyze the effects and relative … importance of previous cannabis use, proneness and accessibility factors on hard drug initiation and to explore potential policy …

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