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Ethnic Drift and White Flight: A Gravity Model of Neighborhood Formation
Bakens, Jessie; Florax, Raymond; Mulder, Peter - 2016
Ethnicity has become an increasingly important factor in neighborhood formation in many developed economies. We specify a gravity model for neighborhoods to assess the role of ethnicity in intra-urban residential relocations. Migration patterns of different ethnic groups are hypothesized to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526139
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The Effect of Immigration on Native Earnings
Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2000
national survey of the SEO and the Population statistics ofthe CBS. Firstly, the directeffect of immigrants on local labour … wages of less skilled natives and a small positive effecton the wages of high skilledworkers as new immigrants are less … skillednatives are a little adverselyaffected by immigrants. …
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SHE can't afford it and HE doesn't want it: The gender gap in the COVID-19 consumption response
Huber, Stefanie - 2022
This paper explores whether and why the pandemic differentially altered women and menÕs consumption behavior. After the 2020 wave of lockdown restrictions were lifted, women reduced consumption more than men. Data on self-reported reasons for consuming less reveals that gender differences in...
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The Economic Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market of Host Countries - Meta-Analytic Evidence
Longhi, Simonetta - 2011
The number of immigrants across the world has doubled since 1980. The estimates of the impact of immigration on wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122010
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Voting from abroad: Assessing the impact of local turnout on migrants' voting behavior
Dev, Divya; Poblete-Cazenave, Rubén; Toppeta, Alessandro - 2021
Over 150 countries allow expatriate citizens to vote in their country of origin. Yet, little is known about their voting behavior and how this is affected by host countries. Using unique micro-data on Chilean expatriates living in Europe, we study how the host country's turnout affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012797245
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The Economics of Co-ethnic Employment; Incentives, Welfare Effects and Policy Options
den Butter, Frank A.G.; Masurel, Enno; Mosch, Robert - 2004
Co-ethnic employment refers to the stylised fact of many labour markets that there is an over-representation of workers of the same ethnic group within firms. This paper presents empirical proof of the phenomenon and analyses the incentives for employees to work in co-ethnic firms. It argues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325357
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When the Quality of a Nation triggers Emigration
van Dalen, Hendrik P.; Henkens, Kène - 2006
Why do people leave high-income countries with extensive welfare states? This article will examine what underlies the emigration intentions of native-born inhabitants of one industrialized country in particular: the Netherlands. To understand emigration from high-income countries we focus not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325160
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A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2004
respect to a one percentage point increase in the ratio of immigrants over native workers. While many studies in our sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325439
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The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences
van Dalen, Hendrik P.; Henkens, Kène - 2004
immigrants, especially if one meets (non-western) foreigners at work and school. Contact with foreigners while going out … decreases the preference for immigrants. The ethnic composition of the neighbourhood in which one lives does not ex!ert a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325461
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The Fallacy of “Job Robbing”: A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of the Effect of Immigration on Employment
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2006
’ of the decline in native-born employment following a 1 percent increase in the number of immigrants is a mere 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325567