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Identification of "wasteful commuting" using search theory

Ommeren, Jos van; Straaten, J. Willemijn van der - 2005

In this paper, we employ search theory as a micro-economic foundation for the wasteful commuting hypothesis. It is argued that the commute of the self-employed is the result of a search process for vacant workplaces, whereas employees search for vacant jobs through space. Because the arrival...

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The effect of immigration on native earnings

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2000

national survey of the SEO and the Population statistics ofthe CBS. Firstly, the directeffect of immigrants on local labour … wages of less skilled natives and a small positive effecton the wages of high skilledworkers as new immigrants are less … skillednatives are a little adverselyaffected by immigrants. …

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Economic impacts of cultural diversity in the Netherlands : productivity, utility, and sorting

Bakens, Jessie; Mulder, Peter; Nijkamp, Peter - 2012

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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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Living apart together : the economic value of ethnic diversity in cities

Bakens, Jessie; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Groot, Henri … - 2018

In consumer cities, the presence and location of immigrants impacts house prices through two channels, which both can … the presence of immigrants on house prices. Diversity of immigrant-induced amenities has an additional positive effect on …

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