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Xenophobic Attacks, Migration Intentions and Networks: Evidence from the South of Africa
Friebel, Guido; Gallego, Juan Miguel; Mendola, Mariapia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We investigate how emigration flows from a developing region are affected by xenophobic violence at destination. Our empirical analysis is based on a unique survey among more than 1000 households, collected in Mozambique in summer 2008, a few months after a series of xenophobic attacks in South...
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Does Homeownership Lead to Longer Unemployment Spells? The Role of Mortgage Payments
Baert, Stijn; Heylen, Freddy; Isebaert, Daan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
. We contribute to the literature in distinguishing homeowners with mortgage payments and outright homeowners. We … homeowner, a homeowner with mortgage payments or a tenant by a mixed multinomial logit model. To be able to correctly identify … results show that homeowners with a mortgage exit unemployment first. Outright owners stay unemployed the longest. Tenants …
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The Impact of Population Ageing on House Prices: A Micro-simulation Approach
Chen, Yu; Gibb, Kenneth D.; Leishman, Chris; Wright, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper attempts to estimate the impact of population ageing on house prices. There is considerable debate about whether population ageing puts downwards or upwards pressure on house prices. The empirical approach differs from earlier studies of this relationship, which are mainly regression...
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Does Custody Law Affect Family Behavior In and Out of Marriage?
Böheim, René; Francesconi, Marco; Halla, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using individual-level administrative data, covering the entire population. We also use unique data obtained from court records to analyze the effect on post-divorce outcomes. Our estimates...
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A Journey Home: What Drives How Long People Are Homeless?
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Herault, Nicolas; Scutella, Rosanna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper uses survival analysis to model exits over time from two alternative notions of homelessness. We are unique in being able to account for time-invariant, unobserved heterogeneity. We find that duration dependence has an inverted U-shape with exit rates initially increasing (indicating...
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Housing Adequacy Gap for Minorities and Immigrants in the U.S.: Evidence from the 2009 American Housing Survey
Mundra, Kusum; Sharma, Amarendra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Home adequacy for different groups in the U.S. has not been adequately studied. Using the data from the national level American Housing Survey for the year 2009and logit model, this paper finds that there is a significant adequacy difference for Blacks and Hispanics when compared to whites in...
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Superstition in the Housing Market
Fortin, Nicole M.; Hill, Andrew J.; Huang, Jeff - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We provide the first solid evidence that Chinese superstitious beliefs can have significant effects on house prices in a North American market with a large immigrant population. Using real estate data on close to 117,000 house sales, we find that houses with address number ending in four are...
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Marriage and Marriage Markets
Grossbard, Shoshana - 2016
This paper reviews models of marriage, with special emphasis on how the sex ratio (the ratio of marriageable men to women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods, savings, labor supply, leisure, type of relationship,...
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Compensating Differentials in Emerging Labor and Housing Markets: Estimates of Quality of Life in Russian Cities
Berger, Mark C.; Blomquist, Glenn C.; Sabirianova … - 2003
The existence of compensating differentials in Russian labor and housing markets is examined using data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) augmented by city and regional-specific characteristics from other sources. While Russia is undergoing transition to a market economy, we...
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Home ownership, job duration, and wages
Munch, Jakob Roland; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - 2006
We investigate the impact of home ownership on individual job mobility and wages in Denmark. We find that home ownership has a negative impact on job-to-job mobility both in terms of transition into new local jobs and new jobs outside the local labour market. In addition, there is a clear...
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