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The process of economic development in West Sichuan : the case of Daocheng County

Holz, Carsten A. - 2020

Economic development of a remote, mountainous region is a challenge for any country. This paper examines how this development challenge has been addressed in a high-altitude backward region of the People's Republic of China. Is this region increasingly being left behind or has it entered a...

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Immigration, attitudes and the rise of the political right : the role of cultural and economic concerns over immigration

Davis, Lewis S.; Deole, Sumit S. - 2015

that immigrant share of a country's population shapes citizen concerns over immigration. Thereafter, we document the roles … how the characteristics of the immigrant population affect native concerns over immigration. …

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Ethnic enclaves and welfare cultures : quasi-experimental evidence

Åslund, Olof (contributor); Fredriksson, Peter (contributor) - 2005

We examine peer effects in welfare use among immigrants to Sweden by exploiting a governmental refugee placement policy. We distinguish between the quantity of contacts the number of individuals of the same ethnicityand the quality of contacts welfare use among members of the ethnic group. OLS...

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Mining for peace

Hodler, Roland; Schaudt, Paul; Vesperoni, Alberto - 2023

The energy transition increases the demand for minerals from ethnically diverse, conflict-prone developing countries. We study whether and where mining is possible in such countries without raising the risk of civil conflict. We proceed in three steps: First, we propose a theoretical model to...

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Out of the shadows and into the classroom : immigrant legalization, hispanic schooling and hispanic representation on school boards

Sabet, Navid - 2023

I exploit the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), which legalized millions of Hispanic migrants in the USA, to study the impact of immigrant legalization on schooling outcomes. Although undocumented migrants are entitled to public education, I find significant post-legalization...

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The impact of forced migration on in-group and out-group social capital

Hager, Anselm; Valasek, Justin - 2022

the host population in Northern Lebanon by administering a novel survey experiment in which we manipulate the salience of … the migration experience (for refugees) and the refugee crisis (for the host population). Additionally, we study the … social spillovers to Palestinians, an established refugee population in Lebanon. We find that the impact of forced migration …

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Anthropometry of love - height and gender asymmetries in interethnic marriages

Belot, Michèle; Fidrmuc, Jan - 2009

Both in the UK and in the US, we observe puzzling gender asymmetries in the propensity to outmarry: Black men are more likely to have white spouses than Black women, but the opposite is true for Chinese: Chinese men are half less likely to be married to a White person than Chinese women. We...

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Racial/ethnic and education-related disparities in control of risk factors for cardiovascular disease among diabetics

Chatterji, Pinka; Joo, Heesoo; Lahiri, Kajal - 2011

Objectives: To estimate racial/ethnic and education-related disparities and examine trends in uncontrolled cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors among adults with diabetes. Methods: The analysis samples include adults aged 20 and over from NHANES III, 1988- 1994 and NHANES 1999-2008 who self-report...

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Commodity windfalls, polarization, and net foreign assets : panel data evidence on the voracity effect

Arezki, Rabah; Brückner, Markus - 2011

This paper examines the effects that windfalls from international commodity price booms have on net foreign assets in a panel of 145 countries during the period 1970-2007. The main finding is that windfalls from international commodity price booms lead to a significant increase in net foreign...

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Much ado about nothing? : the role of primary school catchment areas for ethnic school segregation ; evidence from a policy reform

Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - 2013

By the 2008/09 school year the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) abolished binding school catchment areas (SCAs) in all municipalities. The reform has been controversial and it was feared that school choice would increase ethnic segregation. Using data on all primary schools, we...

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