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The impacts of COVID-19 on minority unemployment : first evidence from April 2020 CPS microdata
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2020
the Great Depression. This paper provides the first study of how the pandemic impacted minority unemployment using CPS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012223833
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Social networks, ethnicity, and entrepreneurship
Kerr, William R.; Mandorff, Martin - 2016
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568736
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Heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns
Kerr, William R. - 2016
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568775
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
the host countries. Through a general literature review and examination of specific immigration countries, we provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735974
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Racial differences in labor market transitions and the Great Recession
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2016
Labor force transitions are empirically examined using CPS data matched across months from 1996-2012 for Hispanics, African-Americans and whites. Transition probabilities are contrasted prior to the Great Recession and afterwards. Estimates indicate that minorities are more likely to be fired as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432552
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The impact of city contracting set-asides on black self-employment and employment
Chatterji, Aaron K.; Chay, Kenneth Y.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2013
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727119
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Ethnic spatial dispersion and immigrant identity
Constant, Amelie; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2023
. This study closes the knowledge gap for Germany by employing a unique combination of datasets, the survey data from the … clustering strengthens immigrants' retention of an affiliation with their origin (minority identity), it weakens identification … of co-ethnic concentration for the minority identity and at very low levels of local concentration for the majority …
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Self-selection in physical and mental health among older intra-European migrants
Constant, Amelie; Milewski, Nadja - 2020
European countries and now live elsewhere in Europe. We use the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and apply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287319
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Immigrant entrepreneurship
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
using multiple definitions. While significant research effort has gone into understanding the economic impact of immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565661
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Latinos in the Northeastern United States : trends and patterns
Massey, Douglas S.; Constant, Amelie - 2017
This paper charts the growth and development of the Latino population of the northeastern U.S. from 1970 to 2015. The relatively small population dominated by Puerto Ricans and concentrated in New York and a few other cities has evolved into a large, diverse, and more geographically dispersed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663621