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While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...
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leave the sciences and take longer to graduate at each campus. We show the vast majority of minority students would be more … results do not apply for non-minority students. …
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findings of the study suggest, among others, that minority group status is important in characterising job separations …
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We show that immigrant managers are substantially more likely to hire immigrants than are native managers. The finding holds when comparing establishments in the same 5-digit industry and location, when comparing different establishments within the same firm, when analyzing establishments that...
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live in couples. In recent years there has been a growth in the number of mixed ethnic unions that involve a minority … towards less ethnically concentrated areas. However, the types of destination neighbourhood of minority people living in mixed … ethnic unions varied greatly with the ethnicity of the ethnic minority partner. …
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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...
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minority. It also expands income inequality within the minority community. This incentivizes decentralized attempts to … expropriate producers which, through cumulative causation, both immiserize and criminalize the minority. An underclass thus … results, with disproportionate minority presence. …
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underprivileged ethnic minority group (Santal) that is severely discriminated against. We randomly assign participants into groups … competitive entry and its effect varies by ethnic group. Members of the ethnic minority group are less likely to compete in groups … where they are a numerical minority than when all competitors are co-ethnic, whereas the reverse is true for members of the …
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the relative size of a minority in a given region. In particular, I argue that inter-ethnic social distance disadvantages … smaller ethnic groups in human capital acquisition and that these efficiency differentials systematically expose minority and … majority individuals to different incentives as concerns their choice of skills. As a result, minority and majority individuals …
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) affects socio-economic outcomes. In the context of minority-majority relations, social distances and segregation determine the …. Furthermore, I establish that there is a threshold level of ICT below which all minority individuals prefer segregated … neighborhoods and above which some minority individuals choose to integrate, thereby reaping the efficiency benefits of social …
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