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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
Most studies investigating residential segregation of ethnic minorities ignore the fact that the majority of adults live in couples. In recent years there has been a growth in the number of mixed ethnic unions that involve a minority member and a white member. To our knowledge, hardly any...
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Family migration: a vehicle of child morbidity in the informal settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya?
Konseiga, Adama - 2008
context of increasing urban poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. The findings indicate that households who migrated together with their …
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Minimum wages in Kenya
Andalón, Mabel; Pagés, Carmen - 2008
This paper examines the performance of minimum wage legislation in Kenya, both in terms of its coverage and enforcement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269259
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Got technology? The impact of computers and cell phones on productivity in a difficult business climate ; evidence from firms with female owners in Kenya
Menon, Nidhiya - 2011
Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated … with regulations, infrastructure, security, workforce, corruption, and finance. This study shows that such reliance has … missionary schools from Kenya's colonial past, as well as geographical indicators such as rainfall, changes in forest cover, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274691
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Trust and Bribery : The Role of the Quid Pro Quo and the Link with Crime
Hunt, Jennifer - 2004
bribe, which reduces corruption. Appropriate networks are more easily established in small towns, by long-term residents of … battle against corruption faced by policy-makers in rapidly urbanizing countries with high fertility. I show that victims of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261925
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The determinants of asset stripping: theory and evidence from the transition economies
Campos, Nauro F.; Giovannoni, Francesco - 2005
During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of the stock of socialist physical capital. Despite the obvious importance of this phenomenon, there have been no efforts to model, measure and investigate this process...
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Bureaucratic rents and life satisfaction
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - 2006
correlates with perceptions of corruption. We find judicial independence to be of major relevance for a tamed bureaucracy. …
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