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The struggle of becoming established in a deprived inner-city neighbourhood
May, David - 2003
The theory of established-outsider figurations developed by Norbert Elias is a useful tool for examining deprived neighbourhoods. The case of this paper is Dortmund Nordstadt in Germany, an old inner-city neighbourhood which from its early days has housed the newly arrived immigrants. Elias...
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On within-couple time allocation : gendered disparities in paid work and housework in Europe
Tverdostup, Maryna; Sabouniha, Alireza - 2024
This paper aims to pursue a deeper understanding of gendered within-couple allocation of time into paid work and … addition, even if it is approaching a gender-equal split, the withincouple division of housework barely passes the point at … aligns broadly with traditional theories of the household, yet the role of the 'doing-gender' hypothesis is non-negligible. …
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A biologist's view of individual cultural identity for the study of cities
Pearce, Richard - 2003
The behaviour of urban populations is compared with the systems directing behaviour in individuals. This is both a metaphor and a mechanistic parallel. The biological model draws upon recent developments in brain research and psychological and cultural anthropology. The development and operation...
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Convergence of cultural traits with time-varying self-confidence in the Panebianco (2014) model : a corrigendum
Panebianco, Fabrizio; Prummer, Anja; Siedlarek, Jan-Peter - 2017
We highlight that convergence in repeated averaging models commonly used to study cultural traits or opinion dynamics is not equivalent to convergence in Markov chain settings if transition matrices are time-varying. We then establish a new proof for the convergence of cultural traits in the...
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Managing migration through quotas : an option-theory perspective
Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - 2008
Recent European Legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand, the trend of recent legislation points to the increasing closure of frontiers (OECD 1999, 2001,2004), also by using immigration quotas. On the other hand, there is an increase of...
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Trust and discrimination in a segmented society : an experimental approach
Fershtman, Chaim; Genîzî, Ûrî - 1998
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The path through : early COVID-19 job loss and labour market trajectories in Austria
Jestl, Stefan; Tverdostup, Maryna - 2024
This paper examines the socio-demographic disparities evident in the early labour market response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria, relying on the register-based labour market career dataset from the Austrian Micro Data Center (AMDC) for the 2018-2021 period. The analysis focuses on the...
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Economic and cultural assimilation and integration of immigrants in Europe
Aleksynska, Mariya; Algan, Yann - 2010
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Addressing transport disadvantages in regional and rural areas through integrated mobility services
Xi, Haoning; Nelson, John D.; Mulley, Corinne; Hensher, … - 2024
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Financial and social inclusion in Europe
Federico, Domenica; Grazioli, Riccardo; Milioli, Maria Adele - 2021
This paper looks at the state of financial and social inclusion and financial sector development in EU Member States. More precisely, one of the objectives is to find out whether financial and social exclusion can coexist in the same countries, taking into account the development of the...
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