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Community leaders and the preservation of cultural traits
Prummer, Anja; Siedlarek, Jan-Peter - 2016
We explain persistent differences in cultural traits of immigrant groups with the presence of community leaders. Leaders influence the cultural traits of their community, which have an impact on the group's earnings. They determine whether a community will be more assimilated and wealthier or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576268
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The city as an arena for the expression of multiple identities in the age of globalisation and migration
Crane, Kristine - 2003
rights. Referring primarily to the work of political theorist Michael Walzer, the paper describes the historical development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011592063
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Religious & cultural leaders
Prummer, Anja - 2018
This paper surveys the existing literature on religious and cultural leaders. It discusses potential motivations of a leader and highlights that irrespective of his/her exact motivations, the presence of a leader is crucial for the cultural heterogeneity of a society. The impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011797487
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Various domains of integration of refugees and their interrelationships : a study of recent refugee inflows in Austria
Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sandra M. - 2019
This paper addresses the complexity of, and the interrelationships between, two important aspects of integration of refugees in Austria, namely labour market integration and social integration. While labour market integration is captured in terms of being employed as compared to being unemployed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153916
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Do Emigrants Self-Select Along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the MENA Countries
Docquier, Frédéric - 2018
religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs … also share more gender-egalitarian views, although the effect only holds among the young (aged 15 to 30), among single …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929247
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Trust and racial income inequality : evidence from the U.S.
Tesei, Andrea - 2015
Existing studies of trust formation in U.S. metropolitan areas have found that trust is lower when there is more income inequality and greater racial fragmentation. I add to this literature by examining the role of income inequality between racial groups (racial income inequality). I find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472550
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Gender, social networks and peformance
Lindenlaub, Ilse; Prummer, Anja - 2016
This paper documents gender differences in social ties and develops a theory that links them to disparities in men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576290
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Female Migration : A Way Out of Discrimination
Ruyssen, Ilse - 2015
be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and … preparation to emigrate from 150 countries between 2009-2013 and disentangle how perceived gender discrimination can foster or … to both sample selection bias and potential endogeneity issues. Perceived gender discrimination is shown to form a strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011648
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The effect of stressors and resilience factors on mental health of recent refugees in Austria
Leitner, Sebastian; Landesmann, Michael; Kohlenberger, … - 2019
language, being employed (including volunteer work), having more supportive relationships and satisfaction with the housing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153910
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Development of mental distress of refugees in Austria during their economic and social integration in 2017-2022
Leitner, Sebastian - 2023
Refugees are more likely to develop mental diseases as most of them have been exposed to potentially traumatic events and fundamental stressors in their home countries, during migration and after resettling in the host countries. This diminishes their prospects for social and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014427544