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Unsuccessful subjective well-being assimilation among immigrants : the role of faltering perceptions of the host society
Hendriks, Martijn; Burger, Martijn J. - 2018
Immigrants in developed countries typically fail to assimilate in terms of subjective well-being, meaning that their happiness and life satisfaction do not substantially increase with their length of stay or across generations, and therefore their subjective well-being remains lower than that of...
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A meta-analytic assessment of the effect of immigration on wages
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2004
-economic phenomenon for many countries. Since the early 1980s, many studies have been undertaken of the impact of immigration on host … labour markets. Borjas (2003) noted that the estimated effect of immigration on the wage of native workers varies widely from … immigration on wages of native groups with similar skills appears rather robust. …
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Ethnic drift and white flight : a gravity model of neighborhood formation
Bakens, Jessie; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Mulder, Peter - 2016
Ethnicity has become an increasingly important factor in neighborhood formation in many developed economies. We specify a gravity model for neighborhoods to assess the role of ethnicity in intra-urban residential relocations. Migration patterns of different ethnic groups are hypothesized to...
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Income satisfaction inequality and its causes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2001
In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to an Income Satisfaction question posed in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Income satisfaction is the subjective analogue of the objective income concept and includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326418
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Product heterogeneity, intangible barriers and distance decay : the effect of multiple dimensions of distance on trade across different product categories
Lankhuizen, Maureen B. M.; Graaff, Thomas de; Groot, … - 2012
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International migration : a global compley network
Tranos, Emmanouil; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter - 2012
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Why do OECD-countries trade more?
Groot, Henri L. F. de; Linders, Gert-Jan M.; Rietveld, Piet - 2003
Ineffective institutions increase transaction costs and reduce trade. This paper shows that differences in the effectiveness of institutions offer an explanation for the tendency of OECD countries to trade disproportionately with each other, and with non-OECD countries.
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Modeling migration dynamics of immigrants
Bijwaard, Govert - 2008
In this paper we analyze the demographic factors that influence the migration dynamics of recent immigrants to The Netherlands. We show how we can allow for both permanent and temporary migrants. Based on data from Statistics Netherlands we analyze both the departure and the return from abroad...
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The effect of immigration on native earnings
Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2000
low skillednatives. Secondly, the effect of an immigration flow by 5% of the total labourforce on native earnings … isexamined along three scenarios using a general equilibrium model. It is foundthat immigration has a largenegative effect on the … skilled than natives. In the case thatimmigration flow is mainlycomposed of high skilled workers, immigration has a relative …
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The rationality behind immigration preferences
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - 2003
of immigration? Does social interaction affect this preference or is the immigration preference completely in line with … immigration than the highly educated. Experience with foreigners arising from social contact matters in positively appreciating … significant effect on the evaluation of the number of foreigners present. The biggest effect on immigration preferences is …
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