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Does immigration into their neighborhoods incline voters toward the extreme right? The case of the freedom party of Austria
Halla, Martin; Wagner, Alexander F.; Zweimüller, Josef - 2012
This paper explores one potentially important channel through which immigration may drive support for extreme right-wing parties: the presence of immigrants in one's neighborhood. We study the case of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). Under the leadership of Jörg Haider, this party increased...
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Regional Unemployment and Human Capital in Transition Economies
Jurajda, Stepan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Differences in regional unemployment in post-communist economies are large and persistent. We show that inherited variation in human-capital endowment across the regions of four such economies explains the bulk of regional unemployment variation there and we explore potential explanations for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763690
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Do migrants get good jobs in Australia? The role of ethnic networks in job search
Mahuteau, Stéphane; Junankar, P. N. (Raja) - 2008
We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants' job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of … result of restrictions in welfare eligibility since 1997, we study whether this increases the probability that new migrants … view. However, accounting for their higher employability, new migrants seem to fare better up to a year and half after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272890
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Economic choices and status: Measuring preferences for income rank
Mujcic, Redzo; Frijters, Paul - 2010
income, with greater weight given to rank by males, migrants, and individuals from wealthy families. Rank … income distribution. In terms of reference groups, we find migrants who reside abroad for longer periods of time, and with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274688
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The psychic costs of migration: Evidence from Irish return migrants
Barrett, Alan; Mosca, Irene - 2012
alcohol problems than men who stayed. For women, we again see a higher incidence of alcohol problems for short-term migrants …. However, long-term female migrants are less likely to have suffered from alcohol problems. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282362
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Location choices of migrant nest-leavers: Spatial assimilation or continued segregation?
Zorlu, Aslan; Mulder, Clara H. - 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...
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Active inclusion of immigrants in Poland
Duszczyk, Maciej; Góra, Marek - 2012
Poland has traditionally been treated as an emigration country. Since recently Poland has been changing into an … on immigration to Poland and instruments of integration policy in the context of the existing institutional framework. We … propose also recommendations for the pre-integration and integration policy in Poland. The goal of the paper is modest since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282540
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Regional Unemployment and its Persistence in Transition Countries
Bornhorst, Fabian; Commander, Simon - 2004
We look at the differences in regional unemployment rates in six major transition countries and their persistence over time. We analyse the role various adjustment mechanisms play. While movement out of the labour force seems to be one consequence in many regions with high relative unemployment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261837
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The Impact of Natives' Attitudes Towards Immigrants on Their Integration in the Host Country
Schilling, Pia; Stillman, Steven - 2021
Exploiting the random allocation of asylum seekers to different locations in Germany, we study the impact of right-wing voting on refugees' integration. We find that in municipalities with more voting for the right-wing AfD, refugees have worse economic and social integration. These impacts are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658307
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Minorities, Social Capital and Voting
Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
It is widely held that voter turnout among immigrants and ethnic minorities is lower than among the native born. The goal of our paper is to explore the determinants of voting, comparing immigrant, minority and majority citizens in Canada. We use the 2002 wave of the Equality Security Community...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703444