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Grogan, Louise Anne - 1997

This paper examines the extent to which human capital theory can explain observed wage differentialsin the Russian Federation. Wage and income dispersion have increased markedly in Russia in the sixyears since the transition began. Some studies conclude that this is an indicator that Russian...

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Commuting, children and the gender wage gap

Borghorst, Malte; Mulalic, Ismir; Ommeren, Jos van - 2021

It has been documented that the gender pay gap strongly increases after the birth of the first child. We focus on Denmark and show that gender differences regarding commuting play an important role in explaining this. We offer 3 pieces of evidence. First, the gender pay and commuting gaps come...

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A social network analysis of occupational segregation

Buhai, Sebastian; Leij, Marco van der - 2006

This paper proposes a simple social network model of occupational segregation, generated by the existence of inbreeding bias among individuals of the same social group. If network referrals are important in getting a job, then expected inbreeding bias in the social structure results in different...

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The effect of immigration on native earnings

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2000

This study investigates the extent of labour market competition among nativeDutch workers and ethnicminorities, using national survey of the SEO and the Population statistics ofthe CBS. Firstly, the directeffect of immigrants on local labour markets is considered. It is shown thatethnic...

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Migrant entrepreneurship and new urban economic opportunities

Nijkamp, Peter; Şahín, Medíha; Baycan Levent, Tüzin - 2009

Nowadays, migrants form a significant share of the urban population, and their business is critical for urban economic … competitive urban environment, this study will investigate the entrepreneurial behaviour of migrants in Dutch cities from a micro …-economic perspective by paying attention to the entrepreneurial behaviour of migrants, the role of their social networks, and the …

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The urban growth potential of second-generation migrant entrepreneurs : a sectoral study on Amsterdam

Baycan Levent, Tüzin; Nijkamp, Peter; Şahín, Medíha - 2009

This study focuses on the external orientations of the second-generation migrant entrepreneurs by addressing in particular the way – and the extent to which – the choice for entrepreneurship is made by higher-educated young ethnic generations. The empirical data of our study is based on...

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The rationality behind immigration preferences

Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - 2003

What drives stated preferences about the number of foreigners? Is it self-interest as stressed by the political economy of immigration? Does social interaction affect this preference or is the immigration preference completely in line with the preference for the aggregate population size? In...

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Ethnic concentration and human capital formation

Graaff, Thomas de; Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2004

Concentration of immigrants and its associated externalities have become an important topic in contemporary international migration research, both from a methodological as well as an empirical perspective. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to provide an overview of that part...

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The fallacy of "job robbing" : a meta-analysis of estimates of the effect of immigration on employment

Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2006

Immigration is a phenomenon of growing significance in many countries. Increasing social tensions are leading to political pressure to limit a further influx of foreign-born persons on the grounds that the absorption capacity of host countries has been exceeded and social cohesion threatened....

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Migration and immigrants : the case of the Netherlands

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2001

This paper surveys migration to and from the Netherlands since thesixteenth century with an emphasis on the post-war period. Existingstudies on the labour market performance of immigrants and ethnicminorities are considered and some new results from our recentresearch are presented.

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