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Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
Kerr, William - 2015
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United …
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Public Goods and Ethnic Diversity : Evidence from Deforestation in Indonesia
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2014
This paper shows that the level of deforestation in Indonesia is positively related to the degree of ethnic fractionalization at the district level. To identify a casual relation we exploit the exogenous timing of variations in the level of ethnic heterogeneity due to the creation of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047014
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The Political Boundaries of Ethnic Divisions
Bazzi, Samuel - 2018
This paper argues that redrawing subnational political boundaries can transform ethnic divisions. We use a natural policy experiment in Indonesia to show how the effects of ethnic diversity on conflict depend on the political units within which groups are organized. Redistricting along group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918628
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Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions
Alesina, Alberto F.; Easterly, William; Baqir, Reza - 2021
We present a model that links heterogeneity of preferences across ethnic groups in a city to the amount and type of public good the city supplies. We test the implications of the model with three related datasets: US cities, US metropolitan areas, and US urban counties. Results show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225132
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Ethnic Identification, Intermarriage, and Unmeasured Progress by Mexican Americans
Duncan, Brian - 2012
children retain a Mexican ethnicity. Such findings raise the possibility that selective ethnic %u201Cattrition%u201D might bias …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100585
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Unity in Diversity? How Intergroup Contact Can Foster Nation Building
Bazzi, Samuel - 2019
follow similar patterns. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of localized contact in shaping identity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889698
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The Language Ability of U.S. Immigrants : Assimilation and Cohort Effects
Carliner, Geoffrey - 2021
This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Census of Population to examine the English language skills of natives and immigrants. The first main finding is that lack of fluency in spoken English is rare among native- born Americans. In 1990, 98.4 % of natives aged 18 to 64 reported to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234054
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The Roles of Assimilation and Ethnic Enclave Residence in Immigrant Smoking
Maclean, Johanna Catherine - 2015
In this study we examine the importance of assimilation and ethnic enclave residence for smoking outcomes among United … outcomes. Second, we find that assimilation similarly extends to coverage of employment-based anti-smoking policies such as …. Third, we document complex relationships between assimilation, enclave residence, and smoking outcomes. Lastly, we find no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034527
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American Indian Mortality in the Late Nineteenth Century : The Impact of Federal Assimilation Policies on a Vulnerable Population
Hacker, J. David - 2013
, citizenship, and forced education. There is little consensus, however, whether and to what extent federal assimilation efforts … impact of federal assimilation policies on childhood mortality. We use children ever born and children surviving data … that for the white population. The impact of assimilation policies was mixed. Increased ability to speak English was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754114
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Ethnic Capital and Intergenerational Mobility
Borjas, George J. - 2022
ethnicity acts as an externality in the human capital accumulation process. The skills of the next generation depend on parental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013322123