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considered to be competitors for these resources. The question of how attitudes of majority populations towards immigration are … immigration from different minority groups, as well as attitudes towards related concerns, like job security and benefit … expenditures. We specify and estimate a multiple factor model. The correlation between answers to questions on immigration and on …
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This paper concerns the prediction of career success among migrants. We focus specifically on the role of occupation as a mediating variable between the predictor variables education and time since migration, and the dependent variable career success as denoted by occupational status, linked to...
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population that was characterised by a new predominance of non-European immigration. Despite this, average segregation levels …
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We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people … uncorrelated with ethnic, linguistic or genetic diversity. Our main result is that the diversity of skilled immigration relates … gravity model to predict the share and diversity of immigration based on exogenous bilateral variables. The results are robust …
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Despite considerable research on differences in labour market outcomes between native born New Zealanders and immigrants, the extent of discrimination experienced by the foreign born in the workplace remains relatively unexplored. We use micro data from the Confidentialised Unit Record File of...
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The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an American name within the first year of arrival....
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experienced little change in the heterogeneity of their populations. We examine impacts of immigration on welfare benefit rates of … there is limited evidence of increased immigration on any of these types other than families with children. Even in this …
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to differences in immigration history and levels of ethnic segregation. Therefore, the local context matters for spatial …
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studying how Mexican immigration to the US affected White Americans' attitudes and behaviors towards Black Americans. We … the theory, Mexican immigration improves Whites' racial attitudes, increases support for pro-Black government policies and …
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