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Ethnic unemployment rates and frictional markets
Gobillon, Laurent; Rupert, Peter; Wasmer, Etienne - 2013
The unemployment rate in France is roughly 6 percentage points higher for African immigrants than for natives. In the US the unemployment rate is approximately 9 percentage points higher for blacks than for whites. Commute time data indicates that minorities face longer commute times to work,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756108
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Customer discrimination and employment outcomes : theory and evidence from the French labor market
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Decreuse, Bruno; Laouénan, Morgane - 2014
The paper investigates the link between the over-exposure of African immigrants to unemployment in France and their under-representation in jobs in contact with customers. We build a two-sector matching model with ethnic sector-specific preferences, economy-wide employer discrimination, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350347
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Ethnic Unemployment Rates and Frictional Markets
Gobillon, Laurent - 2013
The unemployment rate in France is roughly 6 percentage points higher for African immigrants than for natives. In the US the unemployment rate is approximately 9 percentage points higher for blacks than for whites. Commute time data indicates that minorities face longer commute times to work,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080135
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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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Muslims in France: Identifying a discriminatory equilibrium
Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2012
We analyze the assimilation patterns of Muslim immigrants in Western countries with a unique identification strategy. Survey and experimental data collected in France in 2009 reveal that Muslims and rooted French are locked in a sub-optimal equilibrium whereby (i) rooted French exhibit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289843
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Muslims in France : identifying a discriminatory equilibrium
Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2012
We analyze the assimilation patterns of Muslim immigrants in Western countries with a unique identification strategy. Survey and experimental data collected in France in 2009 reveal that Muslims and rooted French are locked in a sub-optimal equilibrium whereby (i) rooted French exhibit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009656620
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Dismantling the "Jungle": Migrant Relocation and Extreme Voting in France
Vertier, Paul; Viskanic, Max - 2018
Can a small scale inflow of migrants affect electoral outcomes? We study whether the relocation of migrants from the Calais “Jungle” to temporary migrant-centers (CAOs) in France affected the results of the 2017 presidential election. Using an instrumental variables approach that relies on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011815820
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Customer Discrimination and Employment Outcomes : Theory and Evidence from the French Labor Market
Combes, Pierre-Philippe - 2014
The paper investigates the link between the over-exposure of African immigrants to unemployment in France and their under-representation in jobs in contact with customers. We build a two-sector matching model with ethnic sector-specific preferences, economy-wide employer discrimination, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054581
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Dismantling the 'Jungle' : Migrant Relocation and Extreme Voting in France
Vertier, Paul - 2018
Can a small scale inflow of migrants affect electoral outcomes? We study whether the relocation of migrants from the Calais “Jungle” to temporary migrant-centers (CAOs) in France affected the results of the 2017 presidential election. Using an instrumental variables approach that relies on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920347
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Dismantling the 'Jungle' : Migrant Relocation and Extreme Voting in France
Vertier, Paul; Viskanic, Max; Gamalerio, Matteo - 2021
Large migrant inflows have spurred anti-immigrant sentiment, but can small inflows have a different impact? We exploit the redistribution of migrants after the dismantling of the \Calais Jungle" in France to study the impact of the exposure to few migrants, which we estimate using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212627