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Do anti-discrimination policies work?
Valfort, Marie-Anne - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
, including ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or beliefs, disability, being over 55 years old, or being …
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Eliminating discrimination in hiring isn't enough
Alston, Mackenzie - In: IZA World of Labor (2023)
While many firms have recognized the importance of recruiting and hiring diverse job applicants, they should also pay attention to the challenges newly hired diverse candidates may face after entering the company. It is possible that they are being assessed by unequal or unequitable standards...
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Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration
Schüller, Simone - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Immigrants are typically not evenly distributed within host countries; instead they tend to cluster in particular neighborhoods. But does clustering in ethnic enclaves help explain the persistent differences in employment rates and earnings between immigrants and the native population? Empirical...
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Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration
Schüller, Simone; Chakraborty, Tanika - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
Immigrants tend to live in clusters within host countries. Does clustering in ethnic enclaves explain the persistent differences in skill, employment rates, and earnings between immigrants and the native population? Empirical studies consistently find that residing in an enclave can increase...
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Is Smoking Behavior Culturally Determined? Evidence from British Immigrants
Christopoulou, Rebekka; Lillard, Dean R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We exploit migration patterns from the UK to Australia, South Africa, and the US to investigate whether a person's decision to smoke is determined by culture. For each country, we use retrospective data to describe individual smoking trajectories over the life-course. For the UK, we use these...
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Culture, Ethnicity and Diversity
Wacziarg, Romain; Desmet, Klaus; Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
We investigate the empirical relationship between ethnicity and culture, defined as a vector of traits reflecting norms … overlap between culture and ethnicity, finding that the level of economic development is positively associated with cultural … diversity and negatively associated with the overlap between culture and ethnicity. Finally, although only a small portion of a …
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Fertility: The Role of Culture and Family Experience
Fernandez, Raquel; Fogli, Alessandra - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
This paper attempts to disentangle the direct effects of experience from those of culture in determining fertility. We use the GSS to examine the fertility of women born in the US but from different ethnic backgrounds. We take lagged values of the total fertility rate in the woman's country of...
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Cash-based interventions improve multidimensional integration outcomes of Venezuelan immigrants
Ahrens, Achim; Casalis, Marine; Hangartner, Dominik; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 181 (2024), pp. 1-14
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The impact of migration on trade
Genç, Murat - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
International trade and migration are two important dimensions of globalization. Although governments have been very willing to open their borders to trade, they have not been so liberal in their immigration policies. It has been suggested, however, that a causal positive link might exist...
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What drives the language proficiency of immigrants?
Isphording, Ingo E. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Language proficiency is a key driver of immigrant integration. It increases job opportunities and facilitates social and political participation. However, despite its vital importance, many immigrants never reach adequate proficiency in the host country language. Therefore, insights into the...
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