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This study shows that in Sweden, contrary to other European countries, refugees have been disproportionately placed in … economic support given by the central government to municipalities that accept refugees are not sufficient to understand the …
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Although the linear-in-means model is the workhorse model in empirical work on peer effects, its theoretical properties are understudied. In this study, we develop a social-norm model that provides a micro foundation of the linear-in-means model and investigate its properties. We show that...
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We develop a model in which ethnic minorities can either assimilate to the majority's norm or reject it by trading off higher productivity and wages with a greater social distance to their culture of origin. We show that "oppositional" ethnic minorities reside in more segregated areas, have...
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We highlight a new factor behind integration: tolerance in the immigrants’ background culture. We hypothesize that it is easier to partake of economic, civic-political and social life in a new country for a person stemming from a culture that embodies tolerance towards people who are...
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We highlight a new factor behind integration: tolerance in the immigrants' background culture. We hypothesize that it is easier to partake of economic, civic-political, and social life in a new country for a person stemming from a culture that embodies tolerance towards people who are different....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014542149
program is to help newly arrived, low-educated refugees into employment. The program includes four main components: (1 …
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We study the causal effects of previous experience and language skills when newly arrived refugees in Sweden apply for … job openings by means of a field experiment. Applications were sent from randomly assigned fictitious Syrian refugees with … signaling value when refugees apply for low-skilled jobs through formal channels. …
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This study shows that in Sweden, contrary to other European countries, refugees have been disproportionately placed in … economic support given by the central government to municipalities that accept refugees are not sufficient to understand the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012145491
We present estimates of the number of refugees expected to flee Ukraine and to which countries they are expected to … the distribution of Ukrainian refugees between different countries. More specifically, international solidarity in …
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We present a large survey with responses from Swedish firms on their attitudes towards refugees, regarding hiring, job … performance, wage setting and discrimination. Generally, firms report positive experiences of having refugees as employees, but we … also document a great deal of heterogeneity in attitudes.Firms that ceased to have refugees on the payroll are less …
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