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This paper examines the effect of neighborhood diversity on the nativity gap in homevalue appreciation in Australia. Specifically, immigrant homeowners experienced a 41.7 percent increase in median home values between 2001 and 2006, while the median value of housing owned by the native-born...
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The claim that marriage is a venue for status exchange of achieved traits, like education, and ascribed attributes, notably race and ethnic membership, has regained traction in the social stratifi cation literature. Most studies that consider status exchanges ignore birthplace as a social...
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Dieses Papier analysiert den Zusammenhang zwischen individueller Kontrollüberzeugung ("locus of control") und Sparverhalten in Form von Vermögensakkumulation, Sparraten und Portfolio-Entscheidungen. Locus of control is ein psychologisches Konzept, welches die individuelle Überzeugung über...
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We use 2009 Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) data to link institutional arrangements in OECD countries to the disparity in reading, math, and science test scores for migrant and native-born students. We find that achievement gaps are larger for those migrant youths who arrive...
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