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Oppositional Identities and Employment for Ethnic Minorities : Evidence from England

Battu, Harminder - 2009

that the social environment of individuals and attachments to culture of origin has a strong association with identity …

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Social Determinants of Labor Market Status of Ethnic Minorities in Britain

Kahanec, Martin; Mendola, Mariapia - 2021

The labor market outcomes of ethnic minorities in advanced societies and their dependence on social relationships and membership in social networks are important empirical issues with significant policy consequences. We use detailed micro-data on multiple-origin ethnic minorities in England and...

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Spatial Versus Social Mismatch : The Strength of Weak Ties

Zenou, Yves - 2011

The aim of this paper is to provide a new mechanism based on social interactions explaining why distance to jobs can have a negative impact on workers' labor-market outcomes, especially ethnic minorities. Building on Granovetter's idea that weak ties are superior to strong ties for providing...

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Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship

Kerr, William - 2017

We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, the concentration of Korean self-employment in dry cleaners is 34 times greater than other immigrant groups, and...

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Who Will Be Idol? The Importance of Social Networks for Winning on Reality Shows

Heizler-Cohen, Odelia - 2010

This paper examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of social networks and belonging to minority groups (or race) on the probability of winning in reality television shows. We develop a theoretical model that studies viewer behavior by presenting a framework of competition...

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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2021

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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Determinants of Integration and its Impact on the Economic Success of Immigrants : A Case Study of the Turkish Community in Berlin

Danzer, Alexander M.; Ulku, Hulya - 2021

Using a new data on 590 Turkish households in Berlin, we investigate the determinants and impact of integration on economic performance. We find that usual suspects such as time spent in Germany and education have positive impact, while networks have no impact on integration. There is strong...

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Economic Preferences and Attitudes of the Unemployed : Are Natives and Second Generation Migrants Alike?

Constant, Amelie F. - 2010

In this paper we study the economic effects of risk attitudes, time preferences, trust and reciprocity while we compare natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between the two groups mainly in terms of risk attitudes...

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The Impact of Temporary Protected Status on Immigrants' Labor Market Outcomes

Orrenius, Pia M. - 2015

The United States currently provides Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to more than 300,000 immigrants from selected countries. TPS is typically granted if dangerous conditions prevail in the home country due to armed conflict or a natural disaster. Individuals with TPS cannot be deported and are...

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Parental Ethnic Identity and Educational Attainment of Second-Generation Immigrants

Schüller, Simone - 2011

first attempt to explore whether immigrant parents' ethnic identity affects the next generation's human capital accumulation … majority as well as paternal minority identity are positively related to the educational attainment of second-generation youth … effect of maternal majority identity can be explained by mothers' German language proficiency, while the beneficial effect of …

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