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International migration and regional housing markets : evidence from France
Albis, Hippolyte d’; Boubtane, Ekrame; Coulibaly, Dramane - 2017
This article examines the causal relations between non-European immigration and the characteristics of the housing … account GDP per capita and the unemployment rate as the main regional economic indicators. We find that immigration has no … significant effect on property prices, but that higher property prices significantly reduce immigration rates. We also find no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607539
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Public housing magnets : public housing supply and immigrants' location choices
Verdugo, Gregory - 2014
This paper investigates how a reform allowing immigrants with children in France access to public housing during the 1970s influenced their initial location choices across local labour markets. We find that cities with higher public housing supplies have a large "magnetic effect" on the location...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434485
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Can public housing decrease segregation? : lessons and challenges from non-European immigration in France
Verdugo, Gregory; Toma, Sorana - 2018
Recent decades have seen a rapid increase in the share of non-European immigrants in public housing in Europe, which has led to concern regarding the rise of "ghettos" in large cities. Using French census data over three decades, we examine how this increase in public housing participation has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863725
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Do elections affect immigration? : evidence from French municipalities
Schmutz, Benoît; Verdugo, Gregory - 2023
Using thirty years of municipal elections in France, we show that election results affect the share of immigrants across municipalities. In municipalities where a left- instead of right-wing mayor has been elected, the share of immigrants in the population grows faster by 1.5 p.p. within six...
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Local-level immigration and life satisfaction : the EU enlargement experience in England and Wales
Ivlevs, Artjoms; Veliziotis, Michail - 2015
Scheme, we find that higher local level immigration increased life satisfaction of young people and decreased life … level immigration increased natives' satisfaction with their dwelling, partner and social life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388106
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Macroeconomic determinants of international migration to the UK
Forte, Giuseppe; Portes, Jonathan - 2017
result in a large fall in immigration from EEA countries to the UK. …
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Immigration and the UK economy after Brexit
Portes, Jonathan - 2021
I review trends in migration to the UK since the Brexit referendum, examining first the sharp fall in net migration from the EU that resulted, and then the recent more dramatic exodus of foreign-born residents during the covid-19 pandemic. I describe the new post-Brexit system, and review...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012549434
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Knocking it down and mixing it up : the impact of public housing regenerations
Blanco, Hector; Neri, Lorenzo - 2023
Due to their negative effects on surrounding neighborhoods, some countries have gradually been replacing distressed public housing developments with mixed-income housing. This paper studies the effects of such policies on local housing markets in London (UK), where local authorities demolished...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013498999
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Immigration, housing rents, and residential segregation : evidence from Syrian refugees in Turkey
Balkan, Binnur; Tok, Elif Ozcan; Torun, Huzeyfe; Tumen, … - 2018
The massive inflow of Syrian refugees is argued to drastically affect various social and economic outcomes in the hosting countries and regions. In this paper, we use micro-level data to investigate whether the Syrian refugee inflows have affected the market for housing rentals in Turkey. The...
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The new economic case for migration restrictions : an assessment
Clemens, Michael A.; Pritchett, Lant - 2016
possibility that without tight restrictions on migration, migrants from poor countries could transmit low productivity ("A" or … embodied in migrants; assimilation, the degree to which migrants' productivity determinants become like natives' over time in …
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