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Ethnic competition and specialization
Kahanec, Martin - 2007
Are ethnic specialization and thus a downward sloping labor demand curve fundamental features of labor market competition between ethnic groups? In a general equilibrium model, this paper argues that spillover effects in skill acquisition and social distances between ethnic groups engender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268355
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Ethnic fragmentation, conflict, displaced persons and human trafficking: An empirical analysis
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2010
fragmentation and conflict on international trafficking through internal and international displacements. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274570
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Identifying conflict and violence in micro-level surveys
Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - 2010
, and across time, how individuals, households and communities are affected by violent conflict. The report provides an … data-bases used to operationalize the variables of interest and discuss the channels linking violent conflict to individual … variables that allow researchers to analyze the welfare effects of violent conflict across countries and across time. We develop …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272662
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On the dynamics of ethnic fractionalization
Campos, Nauro F.; Kuzeyev, Vitaliy S. - 2007
Does fractionalization change over time? If so, are there any substantial implications for economic performance? To answer such questions, we construct a new panel data set with fractionalization measures for 26 former communist countries covering the period from 1989 to 2002. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268366
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Racial harassment, ethnic concentration and economic conditions
Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca; Preston, Ian - 2010
In this paper, we analyse the association between spatial concentration of ethnic minorities, and racial harassment. Ethnic concentration relates to racial harassment through at least three channels: hostility in attitudes of majority individuals that find expression in harassment behaviour, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269794
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A longitudinal study of migration propensities for mixed ethnic unions in England and Wales
Feng, Zhiqiang; van Ham, Maarten; Boyle, Paul; Raab, … - 2012
supports the spatial assimilation theory: ethnic minorities move towards less deprived areas and to a lesser extent also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282517
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Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (on ethnicity, religion and war)
Iyigun, Murat - 2008
examine the roles of ethnicity and religion in conflict and war. Based on one theory, the Ottoman conquests were driven by the … fronts, more conflicts were started by its rivals. Another not necessarily mutually exclusive theory claims that the Imperial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277709
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Information and Racial Exclusion
Lundberg, Shelly; Startz, Richard - 2004
This paper presents several economic models that explore the relationships between imperfect information, racial income disparities, and segregation. The use of race as a signal arises here, as in models of statistical discrimination, from imperfect information about the return to transactions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262133
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Extremism within the family
Epstein, Gil S. - 2006
adulthood. We develop a theory that suggests that parents will chose extreme ethnic and social traits in order to increase the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267992
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Divide et Impera: Negotiating with a Stakeholder
Manzini, Paola - 2002
In many kinds of bilateral negotiations the resolution of the issues at stake has an impact which extends beyond the remits of the parties directly involved (e.g. labour negotiations in sectors of public interest, where a strike would impact on the public at large). Once this is recognised,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262827