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Racial and economic factors in attitudes to immigration

Dustmann, Christian; Preston, Ian - 2000

immigration from different minority groups, as well as attitudes towards related concerns, like job security and benefit … considered to be competitors for these resources. The question of how attitudes of majority populations towards immigration are … such attitudes. Our analysis is based on the British Social Attitudes Survey, which includes questions on attitudes towards …

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The optimal size for a minority

Rapoport, Hillel; Weiss, Avi - 2001

We investigate a setting in which members of a population, bifurcated into a majority and a minority, transact with … other group. Under these conditions, we determine the optimal size of the minority from the minority's perspective, and …

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Social harmony at the boundaries of the welfare state : immigrants and social transfers

Epstein, Gil S.; Hillman, Arye L. - 2000

The social contract of the welfare state can be strained by the arrival of immigrants who receive welfare payments financed by citizens' taxes. We show, however, that the presence of unemployed immigrants receiving welfare payments is consistent with social harmony. The social harmony, which is...

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Evaluating immigration policy : potentials and limitations

Fertig, Michael - 2002

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Intergenerational transmissions and the school-to-work transition of 2nd generation immigrants

Nielsen, Helena Skyt (contributor) - 2001

We analyse the extent of intergenerational transmission through parental capital, ethnic capital and neighbourhood effects on several aspects of the school-to-work transition of 2 nd generation immigrants and young ethnic Danes. The main findings are that parental capital has strong positive...

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The educational attainment of second generation immigrants in the Netherlands

Ours, Jan C. van - 2001

Since the mid-1960's the Netherlands has had an immigration surplus, mainly because of manpower recruitment from Turkey … and Morocco and immigration from the former Dutch colony of Surinam. Immigrants have a weak labor market position, which …

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How do sex ratios affect marriage and labor markets? : Evidence from America's second generation

Angrist, Joshua D. - 2001

Sex ratios, i.e., relative numbers of men and women, can affect marriage prospects, labor force participation, and other social and economic variables. But the observed association between sex ratios and social and economic conditions may be confounded by omitted variables and reverse causality....

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The determination of a migration wave using ethnicity and community ties

Locher, Lilo - 2001

, compare actual and predicted migration waves and discuss the impact of immigration restrictions. …

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Can vocational education improve the wages of minorities and disadvantaged groups? : The case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - 2001

There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...

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Qualifications, discrimination, or assimilation? : an extended framework for analysing immigrant wage gaps

Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Rosholm, Michael; Smith, Nina; … - 2001

literature' and the 'discrimination literature'. We estimate separate wage equations for natives and a number of immigrant groups …

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