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Nudging the agents : does it reduce discrimination against migrants in the house rental market?
Zanoni López, Wladimir; Díaz, Lina; Díaz, Emily; … - 2023
This study examines the impact of a behavioral intervention on reducing discrimination against Venezuelan migrants in the screening of home rental applications conducted by Ecuadorian real estate agents (REAs). Given that Venezuelan migrants represent the second-largest migratory group globally,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014546318
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Migration from Africa, the Middle East and European neighbouring countries to the EU : an augmented gravity modelling approach
Mara, Isilda; Landesmann, Michael - 2021
The South-North migration corridor, i.e. migration flows to the EU from Africa, the Middle East and EU neighbouring … countries in the East, have overtaken the East-West migration corridor, i.e. migration flows from Central and East European … countries to the EU15 and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). This is likely to dominate migration flows into the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012544891
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Interrelationships between human capital, migration and labour markets in the Western Balkans : an econometric investigation
Mara, Isilda; Landesmann, Michael - 2021
determinants and human capital on migration and vice versa. The period under analysis is 2005-2019 and considers mobility from five …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485454
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Employment gaps between refugees, migrants and natives : evidence from Austrian Register based labour market data
Jestl, Stefan; Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sebastian; … - 2019
This paper analyses labour market integration in Austria of non-European refugees originating from middle and low income countries for the period 2009-2018. We assess their probability of being employed in comparison to non-humanitarian migrants, European third country immigrants and natives. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153921
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Advocatus, et non latro? : testing the supplier-induced-demand hypothesis for Italian courts of justice
Buonanno, Paolo; Galizzi, Matteo M. - 2010
We explore the relationship between litigation rates and the number of lawyers, in a typical supplier-induced demand (SID) frame. Drawing on an original panel dataset for the 169 Italian courts of justice between 2000 and 2007, we first document that the number of lawyers is positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008729436
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The effect of stressors and resilience factors on mental health of recent refugees in Austria
Leitner, Sebastian; Landesmann, Michael; Kohlenberger, … - 2019
Given the exposure to stressors in their home countries, during their migration and in the phase after arrival …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153910
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Development of mental distress of refugees in Austria during their economic and social integration in 2017-2022
Leitner, Sebastian - 2023
and fundamental stressors in their home countries, during migration and after resettling in the host countries. This … of discrimination experienced in Austria and obviously potentially traumatic events experienced during migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014427544
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Wages, Amenities and Negative Attitudes
Waisman, Gisela; Larsen, Birthe - 2012
We exploit the regional variation in negative attitudes towards immigrants to Sweden in order to analyse the consequences of the attitudes on immigrants welfare. We find that attitudes towards immigrants are of importance: they both affect their labour market outcomes and their quality of life....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142373
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Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill
Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela - 2012
We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing skills during the experience of unemployment. Within a search and matching model, we show that all natives and immigrants are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142374
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Labour Market Performance Effects of Discrimination and Loss of Skill. Extended version
Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela - 2015
We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing skills during an unemployment experience. Within a search and matching framework, we show that both natives and immigrants are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142379