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Cultural and Ethnic Differences in the Transitions from Work to 'Retirement' of Rural Elders in China's Minority Regions
Connelly, Rachel - 2015
This paper considers the work to "retirement" transitions of the rural elders in China who reside in seven regions with substantial minority populations. The data employed, those of the China Household Ethnicity Survey, are ideal for examining the effect of cultural differences on this key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015012
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How Do Pre-School and/or School-Age Children Affect Parents' Likelihood of Migration and Off-Farm Work in Rural China's Minority Regions?
Sai, Ding - 2016
In this paper we explore the intersectionality of religious and ethnic norms and gender relations across the domestic and public spheres of work in post-reform rural, minority-concentrated China. We focus on the role that children play in their parents' off-farm work decisions for three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985690
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Diversity and Public Goods : A Natural Experiment with Exogenous Residential Allocation
Algan, Yann - 2011
This paper demonstrates the effects of ethnic and religious diversity on the quality of public spaces. Its identification strategy relies on the exogeneity of public housing allocations in France, and thereby eliminates the bias from endogenous sorting. The paper uses micro evidence of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119010
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Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision? An Experimental Approach
Habyarimana, James P.; Humphreys, Macartan; Posner, … - 2021
A large and growing literature links high levels of ethnic diversity to low levels of public goods provision. Yet while the empirical connection between ethnic heterogeneity and the underprovision of public goods is widely accepted, there is little consensus on the specific mechanisms through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317460
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Access to Land and Tenancy Practices on Tanah Bengkok : Evidence from Java, Indonesia
Kurosaki, Takashi - 2020
Tanah bengkok (bengkok land) in Java, Indonesia boasts a unique institution where elected village leaders receive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825593
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Fiscal Decentralisation, Local Institutions and Public Goods Provision : Evidence from Indonesia
Pal, Sarmistha - 2012
Indonesia on local public spending across communities with different types of local institutions. Our results provide evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096145
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Spatial Versus Social Mismatch : The Strength of Weak Ties
Zenou, Yves - 2011
The aim of this paper is to provide a new mechanism based on social interactions explaining why distance to jobs can have a negative impact on workers' labor-market outcomes, especially ethnic minorities. Building on Granovetter's idea that weak ties are superior to strong ties for providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129913
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Location Choices of Migrant Nest-Leavers : Spatial Assimilation or Continued Segregation?
Zorlu, Aslan - 2010
We examine ethnic differences in the ethnic composition of the destination neighbourhood upon leaving the parental home using administrative data for the entire birth cohort 1983 living in the Netherlands. The analysis provides little evidence of a clear intergenerational break in the location...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138738
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Ethnic Segregation in Germany
Glitz, Albrecht - 2012
This paper provides a comprehensive description of the nature and extent of ethnic segregation in Germany. Using … substantial ethnic segregation across both workplaces and residential locations and that the extent of segregation has been … relatively stable over the last 30 years. Workplace segregation is particularly pronounced in agriculture and mining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099729
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Segregation, Choice Based Letting and Social Housing : How Housing Policy Can Affect the Segregation Process
van Ham, Maarten - 2014
In this chapter we investigate the process of ethnic minority segregation in English social housing. Successive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066511