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Racial harassment, ethnic concentration and economic conditions

Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca; Preston, Ian - 2010

In this paper, we analyse the association between spatial concentration of ethnic minorities, and racial harassment. Ethnic concentration relates to racial harassment through at least three channels: hostility in attitudes of majority individuals that find expression in harassment behaviour, the...

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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...

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Language proficiency and labour market performance of immigrants in the UK

Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca - 2000

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Ethnic differences in realising desires to leave the neighbourhood

Boschman, Sanne; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2014

Selective mobility into and out of neighbourhoods is one of the driving forces of segregation. Empirical research has … neighbourhoods but is unable to do so will contribute to a better understanding of the drivers of segregation, especially in the … context of the debate on voluntary segregation versus segregation due to a lack of choice. We find that ethnic minority groups …

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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 …

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A longitudinal study of migration propensities for mixed ethnic unions in England and Wales

Feng, Zhiqiang; Ham, Maarten van; Boyle, Paul J.; Raab, … - 2012

Most studies investigating residential segregation of ethnic minorities ignore the fact that the majority of adults …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533353

Life satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods : is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on life satisfaction?

Knies, Gundi; Nandi, Alita; Platt, Lucinda - 2014

Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of minorities and matched small area characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities will be less satisfied, which will in part be explained by...

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