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Easterlin, Richard A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

What do social surveys of life cycle experience tell us about the determinants of subjective well-being? First, that the psychologists’ setpoint model is wrong. Life events in the nonpecuniary domain, such as marriage, divorce, and physical disability, have a lasting effect on well-being, and...

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Grades, Aspirations and Post-Secondary Education Outcomes

Christofides, Louis N.; Hoy, Michael; Milla, Joniada; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We explore the forces that shape the development of aspirations and the achievement of grades during high school and … the role that these aspirations, grades, and other variables play in educational outcomes such as going to university and …, aspirations, and their interconnectedness, an issue explained in the context of a rich, longitudinal data set. Apart from this …

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Why Is There No Income Gap Between the Hui Muslim Minority and the Han Majority in Rural Ningxia, China?

Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Sai, Ding - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Using a household sample survey for 2006 we show that the Hui population in the rural part of Ningxia autonomous region of China is disadvantaged compared to the Han majority as regards length of education and household per capita wealth. Yet there is no gap in average disposable income between...

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Ethnic Differences in Realising Desires to Leave the Neighbourhood

Boschman, Sanne; Kleinhans, Reinout; van Ham, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Selective mobility into and out of neighbourhoods is one of the driving forces of segregation. Empirical research has revealed who wants to leave certain types of neighbourhoods or who leaves certain neighbourhoods. A factor which has received little attention so far is that some residents will...

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Are China's Ethnic Minorities Less Likely to Move?

Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Yang, Xiuna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This study uses China's Inter-Census Survey 2005 to analyse the extent migration behaviour among 14 large ethnic minority groups and the Han majority. Results show that the probability to migrate to all types of destinations varies by province of origin, decreases by age, and in most cases, by...

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Villages where China’s Ethnic Minorities Live

Gustafsson, Bjorn; Sai, Ding - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper investigates how ethnic minorities in rural China are faring compared with the ethnic majority. The village is the unit of analysis and large surveys for 2002 are used. Minority villages in northeast China are found to have a somewhat better economic situation than the average...

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The Post-Enlargement Migration Experience in the Baltic Labor Markets

Hazans, Mihails; Philips, Kaia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with several other surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EU accession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues...

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What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment in European Countries: The Role of Labor Institutions, Governance, Immigrants, and Growth

Hazans, Mihails - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

European Social Survey data on 30 countries, covering years 2004-2009, are used to look into joint institutional [and other macro] determinants of the rates of dependent employment without a contract, informal self-employment, and unemployment (secondary jobs are not accounted for). Consistently...

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Pitfalls of Immigrant Inclusion into the European Welfare State

Kahanec, Martin; Kim, Anna Myunghee; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper's main purpose is to gauge immigrants' demand for social assistance and services and identify the key barriers to social and labor market inclusion of immigrants in the European Union. The data from an online primary survey of experts from organizations working on immigrant...

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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...

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