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Living and Working in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency of Immigrants in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Beckhusen, Julia; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; de Graaff, Thomas - 2012
study uses data from the 2010 American Community Survey to examine the impact of residential and occupational segregation on … immigrants' ability to speak English. We allow for heterogeneity in the relationship between segregation and English language … those who are less residentially and occupationally segregated. The magnitude of the effect of segregation on language …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532931
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Living and Working in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency of Immigrants in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Graaff, Thomas de; Poot, Jacques; … - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
study uses data from the 2010 American Community Survey to examine the impact of residential and occupational segregation on … immigrants' ability to speak English. We allow for heterogeneity in the relationship between segregation and English language … those who are less residentially and occupationally segregated. The magnitude of the effect of segregation on language …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493087
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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2012
This paper explores the relationship between residential proximity of individuals from the same ethnic group and the probability of finding a job through social networks, relative to other search methods. Using individual-level data from the UK Labour Force survey and spatial statistics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532832
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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
This paper explores the relationship between residential proximity of individuals from the same ethnic group and the probability of finding a job through social networks, relative to other search methods. Using individual-level data from the UK Labour Force survey and spatial statistics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009415373
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Cultural Diversity - A Matter of Measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2015
measuring spatial dependence, particularly in the form of segregation or clusters. We conclude that there will be in the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532749
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Cultural Diversity - A Matter of Measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2015
measuring spatial dependence, particularly in the form of segregation or clusters. We conclude that there will be in the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011129925
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Life Satisfaction, Ethnicity and Neighbourhoods: Is There an Effect of Neighbourhood Ethnic Composition on Life Satisfaction?
Platt, Lucinda; Knies, Gundi; Nandi, Alita - 2014
Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of minorities and matched small area characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities will be less satisfied, which will in part be explained by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532741
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Life Satisfaction, Ethnicity and Neighbourhoods: Is There an Effect of Neighbourhood Ethnic Composition on Life Satisfaction?
Knies, Gundi; Platt, Lucinda; Nandi, Alita - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2014
Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of minorities and matched small area characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities will be less satisfied, which will in part be explained by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895130
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Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany
Philipp, Jaschke; Sardoschau, Sulin; Tabellini, Marco - 2021
This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and on economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in their allocation across German regions between 2013 and 2016. We combine novel survey data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533055
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How diverse can spatial measures of cultural diversity be? Results from Monte Carlo simulations of an agent-based model
Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2014
distribution of culturally-defined groups - such as segregation, isolation or concentration indexes - are often only capable of … detailed geographical context of the city of Amsterdam. Schelling's classical segregation model is used as the theoretical … interpreted as revealing unobserved preferences for co-location of individuals with their own group and find that the segregation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532702