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Racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths and years of life lost in Connecticut : an examination of aggregation biases in COVID-19 analyses
Krumel, Thomas; Fiala, Nathan; Goodrich, Corey - 2020
Using a novel dataset provided by the Connecticut Department of Health (CTDoH), this manuscript shows the necessity for and added utility from analyzing disaggregated COVID-19 outcome data for applied research. Connecticut is currently ranked the fourth highest state in death rates per 100,000...
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Does segregation reduce socio-spatial mobility? : evidence from four European countries with different inequality and segregation contexts
Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Tammaru, Tiit; Ham, Maarten van; … - 2017
socio-economic status in different inequality and segregation contexts in four European countries: Sweden, the Netherlands … the UK, which has long had high levels of social inequalities and high levels of socio-economic segregation, we find that … of the most liberal and market oriented countries, we find high levels of mobility, but these reproduce segregation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758269
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Social Assistance Receipt among Young Adults Grown Up in Different Neighbourhoods of Metropolitan Sweden
Gustafsson, Björn - 2020
segregation and the demand for social assistance in locations with a comparably high rate of social assistance receipt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843710
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Rental prices in Germany : a comparison between migrants and natives
Eilers, Lea; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Vance, Colin - 2017
This paper deals with the question of whether migrants in Germany pay a rent premium for apartments of comparable quality and neighborhood characteristics. We use a twostep selection-correction model augmented by a control function to account for nonrandom neighborhood choice. The estimation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011825865
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Diversity and Employment Prospects : Neighbors Matter!
Hémet, Camille - 2016
This paper aims at determining whether and how the level of origins' diversity of a community affects its members' employment prospects. Relying on detailed data from the French Labor Force Survey, we measure diversity at two geographic levels: the neighborhood and the local labor market. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981259
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Does Segregation Reduce Socio-Spatial Mobility? Evidence from Four European Countries with Different Inequality and Segregation Contexts
Nieuwenhuis, Jaap - 2017
socio-economic status in different inequality and segregation contexts in four European countries: Sweden, the Netherlands … the UK, which has long had high levels of social inequalities and high levels of socio-economic segregation, we find that … of the most liberal and market oriented countries, we find high levels of mobility, but these reproduce segregation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943695
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Ethnic parity in labour market outcomes for benefit claimants
Crawford, Claire; Dearden, Lorraine; Mesnard, Alice; … - 2009
A significant gap exists in the UK between the employment rate for Ethnic Minorities and that for Whites. From a policy perspective, it is important to know whether this gap is due to differences in the characteristics of White and Ethnic Minority groups (which reduce the employability of Ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003867493
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(Why) are immigrants unhappy?
Kóczán, Zsóka - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 3, pp. 1-25
Recent studies suggest that migrants may be less satisfied with their "new" lives than members of the host population and worry that this may be driven by cultural factors, such as feelings of not belonging. Motivated by this concern, this paper analyses the life satisfaction of immigrants once...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478133
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Educational Attainment and Neighbourhood Outcomes : Differences between Highly-Educated Natives and Non-Western Ethnic Minorities in the Netherlands
de Vuijst, Elise - 2017
In the Netherlands, obtaining a higher education increases the chance to move to a better neighbourhood for native Dutch adults who grew up in a deprived parental neighbourhood. For non-Western minorities, education does not have this positive effect on socio-spatial mobility. In this study we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947715
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How do racial minority consumers process a model race cue in CSR advertising? : a comparison of Asian and White Americans
Lee, Yoon-Joo; Kim, Sora - In: Journal of marketing communications 25 (2019) 3, pp. 307-327
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