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Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2006

identity issues. We find that having a higher percentage of same-race friends has a positive effect of white teenagers' test … friends (which is a measure of own identity) and the parent's education that are responsible for the difference in education …

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Moving to segregation: Evidence from 8 Italian cities

Boeri, Tito; de Philippis, Marta; Patacchini, Eleonora; … - 2012

We use a new dataset and a novel identification strategy to analyze the effects of residential segregation on the employment of migrants in 8 Italian cities. Our data, which are representative of the population of both legal and illegal migrants, allow us to measure segregation at the very local...

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Migration, Friendship Ties and Cultural Assimilation

Facchini, Giovanni; Patacchini, Eleonora; Steinhardt, Max - 2014

Using novel information from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1996-2011, we document that migrants with a German friend are more similar to natives than those without a local companion along several important dimensions, including engagement in social activities, concerns about the...

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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

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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The Racial Test Score Gap and Parental Involvement in Britain

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We investigate the racial gap in test scores between black and white students in Britain both in levels and differences across the school years. We find that there is an increasing racial gap in test scores between ages 7 and 11, and a decreasing one between ages 11 and 16. Using the richness of...

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Racial Identity and Education

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

identity issues. We find that having a higher percentage of same-race friends has a positive effect of white teenagers’ test … friends (which is a measure of own identity) and the parent’s education that are responsible for the difference in education …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822127

Migration, Friendship Ties and Cultural Assimilation

Facchini, Giovanni; Patacchini, Eleonora; Steinhardt, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011094075

Bend it like Beckham: Ethnic identity and integration

Bisin, Alberto; Patacchini, Eleonora; Verdier, Thierry; … - 2010

We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct … cultural conformity, ethnic identity is reduced by neighborhood integration, which weakens group loyalties and prejudices. On … identity processes. We find evidence consistent with intense ethnic and religious identity mostly formed as a cultural …

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Bend It Like Beckham: Ethnic Identity and Integration

Bisin, Alberto; Patacchini, Eleonora; Verdier, Thierry; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

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Ethnic networks and employment outcomes

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2008

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