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measurement challenge and lacking adequate data, we apply several measures of ethnicity and examine various data sources as well … generations. Roma people seem to face particularly grave integration barriers in European labor markets. -- Ethnicity ; ethnic …
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The standard approach of analysing gaps in social and labor market outcomes of different ethnic groups relies on analysis of statistical data about the affected groups. In this paper we go beyond this approach by measuring the views of expert stakeholders involved in minority integration. This...
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There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In …-generation immigrants, both women and men, from source countries with more gender equality (as measured by the World Economic Forum’s Global …
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likely to participate in the labour force, work longer hours, and earn higher labour income. Our study can assess a variety …
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since reunification, converging to the more gender-egalitarian East Germany. Our work emphasizes the view that political and … formerly socialist (rather gender-equal) East Germany and the capitalist (rather gender-traditional) West Germany shaped … different gender identity prescriptions of family breadwinning. We use data for three periods between 1984 and 2016 from the …
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The paper studies opinions and attitudes towards immigrants and minorities and their interactions with other barriers to minorities' economic integration. Specifically, we consider the minority experts' own perceptions about these issues, the veracities and repercussions of unfavorable attitudes...
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Devising appropriate policy measures for the integration of refugees is high on the agenda of many governments. This paper focuses on the social integration of families seeking asylum in Germany between 2013 and 2016. Exploiting differences in services availability across counties as an...
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ethnic majorities can work. But they need to involve all stakeholders, including all levels of government, public and private …
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This paper investigates whether male soccer tradition can predict the success of female soccer. Different from the existing literature, this paper utilizes panel data covering 175 countries during the 1991-2011 period, capturing country heterogeneity effects and time trends. An instrumental...
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The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the European Union were unprecedented in a number of economic and policy aspects. This essay provides a broad and in-depth account of the effects of the post-enlargement migration flows on the receiving as well as sending countries in three broader areas: labour...
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