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Trust, Inequality, and Ethnic Heterogeneity

Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006

Using a large Australian social survey, combined with precise data on neighbourhood characteristics, I explore the factors that affect trust at a local level (‘localised trust’) and at a national level (‘generalised trust’). Trust is positively associated with the respondent’s...

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Unexplained Gaps and Oaxaca-Blinder Decompositions

Elder, Todd E.; Goddeeris, John H.; Haider, Steven J. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009

We analyze four methods to measure unexplained gaps in mean outcomes: three decompositions based on the seminal work of Oaxaca (1973) and Blinder (1973) and an approach involving a seemingly naïve regression that includes a group indicator variable. Our analysis yields two principal findings....

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Asylum Policy in the EU: The Case for Deeper Integration

Hatton, Tim - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2012

Over the last decade the locus of policy-making towards asylum seekers and refugees has shifted away from national governments and towards the EU as the Common European Asylum Policy has developed. Most of the focus has been on the harmonisation of policies relating to border control, the...

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The Slump and Immigration Policy in Europe

Hatton, Tim - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2013

Historical experience suggests that when a period of rising immigration is followed by a sudden slump, this can trigger … the slump and immigration policy. First, although immigration flows have responded to the slump, and immigrants have borne … recession for Europe as a whole, attitudes to immigration have not changed very much, and they have been influenced more by …

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Estimating Cognitive Gaps Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians

Leigh, Andrew; Gong, Xiaodong - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2008

Improving cognitive skills of young children has been suggested as a possible strategy for equalising opportunities across racial groups. Using data on 4-5 year olds in the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children, we focus on two cognitive tests: the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and...

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The Effect of Community-Level Socio-Economic Conditions on Threatening Racial Encounters

Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 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...

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Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Local Consumer Markets: Exploiting the Army’s Procedures for Matching Personnel to Duty Locations

Clark, Deborah A. Cobb; Antecol, Heather - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006

We use the exogenous assignment of Army personnel to duty locations to analyze the relationship between the characteristics of local markets and the propensity for consumers to be subjected to racial discrimination in their everyday commercial transactions. Overall, one in ten soldiers report...

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Mexican-American Entrepreneurship

Fairlie, Robert W.; Woodruff, Christopher - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2008

natural experiment created by the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), we find that legal status represents an …

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On The Risk Of Unemployment: A Comparative Assessment of the Labour Market Success of Migrants in Australia

Thapa, Prem - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2004

One important indicator of the successful assimilation of immigrants is the comparison of the relative success of immigrants and of the native born population in finding employment under different macro economic regimes that affect the overall rate of unemployment in an economy. This paper...

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Determinants of Business Success: An Examination of Asian-Owned Businesses in the United States

Robb, Alicia M.; Fairlie, Robert W. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2008

Using confidential microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we investigate the performance of Asian-owned businesses. Using regression estimates and a special nonlinear decomposition technique, we explore the role that class resources, such as financial capital and human capital, play in...

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