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Masella, Paolo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

In countries with high levels of ethnic diversity, “nation building” has been proposed as a mechanism for integration and conflict reduction. We find no evidence of lower intensity of national sentiment in more ethnically fragmented countries or in minority groups. National feelings in a...

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The impact of immigration on the local labor market outcomes of blue collar workers: panel data evidence

Ortega, Javier; Verdugo, Gregory - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

Using a large administrative French panel data set for 1976-2007, we examine how low- educated immigration affects the …-educated immigrants. We first show that larger immigration inflows into locations are accompanied by larger outflows of negatively … substantial evidence that immigration lowers the median annual wages of natives. The estimated negative effects are also much …

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Change and continuity among minority communities in Britain

Georgiadis, Andreas; Manning, Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

There is widespread concern currently that some ethnic minority communities within Britain, especially Muslim, are not following the stereotypical immigrant path of economic and cultural assimilation into British society. Indeed, many seem to have the impression that differences between Muslims...

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Culture clash or culture club? The identity and attitudes of immigrants in Britain

Manning, Alan; Roy, Sanchari - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

). This might have consequences for immigration policy – how many immigrants to allow into a country and from what cultural … is the focus of this paper. It investigates the extent and determinants of British identity among those living in Britain … and the views on rights and responsibilities in societies. We find no evidence for a culture clash in general, and one …

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Identifying vulnerable groups in the Kyrgyz labour market: some implications for the national poverty reduction strategy

Bernabe, Sabine; Kolev, Alexandre - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

This paper investigates the overlap between employment status and poverty, drawing particular attention to the working poor and precarious workers, and to the existence of multiple labor-related risks faced by specific groups. This analysis is undertaken using the Kyrgyz Poverty Monitoring...

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Ethnic inventors, diversity and innovation in the UK: evidence from patents microdata

Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Ethnic inventors play important roles in US innovation systems, especially in high-tech regions like Silicon Valley. Do ‘ethnicity-innovation’ channels exist elsewhere? This paper investigates, using a new panel of UK patents microdata. In theory, ethnicity might affect positively innovation...

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The dynamics of school attainment of England's ethnic minorities

Wilson, Deborah; Burgess, Simon; Briggs, Adam - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

We exploit a universe dataset of state school students in England with linked test score records to document the evolution of attainment through school for different ethnic groups. The analysis yields a number of striking findings. First, we show that, controlling for personal characteristics,...

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2000 families: identifying the research potential of an origins-of-migration study

Güveli, Ayşe; Ganzeboom, Harry; Baykara-Krumme, Helen; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Despite extensive recent advances in the empirical and theoretical study of migration, certain critical areas in the analysis of European migration remain relatively underdeveloped both theoretically and empirically. Specifically, we lack studies that both incorporate an origin comparison and...

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What happens when employers are free to discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League

Bryson, Alex; Chevalier, Arnaud - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Research on employers’ hiring discrimination is limited by the unlawfulness of such activity. Consequently, researchers have focused on the intention to hire. Instead, we rely on a virtual labour market, the Fantasy Football Premier League, where employers can freely exercise their taste for...

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Ethnic segregation in England's schools

Burgess, Simon; Wilson, Deborah - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

We document ethnic segregation in secondary schools in England in 2001 in order to contribute to the debate on the degree of ethnic group social integration. We use indices of dissimilarity and isolation to compare the patterns of segregation across nine ethnic groups. We find that levels of...

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