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We assess the extent of discrimination against gay and transgender individuals in the rental housing markets of four Latin American countries. We conducted a large-scale field experiment building on the correspondence study methodology to examine interactions between property managers and...
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Existing studies of trust formation in U.S. metropolitan areas have found that trust is lower when there is more income … inequality and greater racial fragmentation. I add to this literature by examining the role of income inequality between racial … groups (racial income inequality). I find that greater racial income inequality reduces trust. Also, racial fragmentation is …
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Migration is one of the strategies used by populations to adapt to natural shocks and also to respond to economic …
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We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If … migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it … generated by General Circulation model reveal that, ceteris paribus, migration may decline in Ghana and in Nigeria. …
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How are natives attitudes towards migrants shaped by economic crises? Natives could show more compassion towards migrants as everyone faces a common threat. Alternatively, natives prejudice could rise as competition for scarce economic opportunities increases. We conduct an online survey to...
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This study focuses on the social situation in carbon-intensive regions and the role of migration in defining its … quality. The analysis examines whether carbon-intensive areas, especially those with large outward migration, are more … decarbonisation and migration, which collectively exert a significant impact on the social conditions within EU regions. This …
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migration, as well as on local labor market outcomes. I leverage the introduction of FUNDEF, a large federal program that …
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observed using a state-level panel in another specification. The mechanisms of transmission could be related to an income …
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Can taking the perspective of an out-group reduce prejudice and promote prosociality? Building on insights from social psychology, we study the case of Colombian natives and Venezuelan immigrants. We conducted an online experiment in which we randomly assigned natives to either play an online...
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This paper addresses the complexity of, and the interrelationships between, two important aspects of integration of refugees in Austria, namely labour market integration and social integration. While labour market integration is captured in terms of being employed as compared to being unemployed...
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