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Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the UK
Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca - 2000
This paper uses two recent UK surveys to investigate labour market performance, the determinants of language proficiency, and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non-white immigrants. Our results show that language acquisition, employment probabilities, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262366
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A longitudinal study of migration propensities for mixed ethnic unions in England and Wales
Feng, Zhiqiang; van Ham, Maarten; Boyle, Paul; Raab, … - 2012
Most studies investigating residential segregation of ethnic minorities ignore the fact that the majority of adults …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282517
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Pre-hire factors and workplace ethnic segregation
Strömgren, Magnus; Tammaru, Tiit; van Ham, Maarten; … - 2011
ethnic segregation. Therefore, recent research on ethnic segregation and contact is increasingly turning its attention from … level, workplace neighbourhood segregation is lower than residential neighbourhood segregation. Our micro-level analysis … further shows that high levels of residential exposure of immigrants to natives help to reduce ethnic segregation at the level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278482
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Living and working in ethnic enclaves: Language proficiency of immigrants in US metropolitan areas
Beckhusen, Julia; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; de Graaff, … - 2012
study uses data from the 2010 American Community Survey to examine the impact of residential and occupational segregation on … immigrants' ability to speak English. We allow for heterogeneity in the relationship between segregation and English language … those who are less residentially and occupationally segregated. The magnitude of the effect of segregation on language …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282197
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Do ethnic enclaves impede immigrants' integration? Evidence from a quasi-experimental social-interaction approach
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - 2012
It is widely debated whether immigrants who live among co-ethnics are less willing to integrate into the host society. Exploiting the quasi-experimental guest worker placement across German regions during the 1960/70s as well as information on immigrants' inter-ethnic contact networks and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289989
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Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration and Economic Conditions
Dustmann, Christian; Preston, Ian; Fabbri, Francesca - 2004
We analyze the association between concentration of minorities and local economic conditions on the one side, and racial harassment and hostile majority attitudes on the other. We distinguish the formation of hostile attitudes and the realization of acts of racially motivated violence as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532846
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Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants - Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000
Recent immigrants tend to locate in ethnic enclaves within metropolitan areas. The economic consequence of living in such enclaves is still an unresolved issue. We use an immigrant policy initiative in Sweden, when government authorities distributed refugee immigrants across locales in a way...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321631
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Ethnic Residential Segregation and Immigrants' Perceptions of Discrimination in West Germany
Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2011
self-selection plays an important role in immigrant residential segregation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327739
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Residential Segregation and Immigrants' Satisfaction with the Neighborhood in Germany
Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe; Tsertvadze, Georgi - 2011
segregation and immigrants' satisfaction with the neighborhood. The estimates show that immigrants living in segregated areas are …-selection plays an important role in immigrant residential segregation. Our result holds true even when controlling for other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601052
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Ethnic Residential Segregation and Immigrants' Perceptions of Discrimination in West Germany
Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2011
self-selection plays an important role in immigrant residential segregation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601058