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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003958857
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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/10011333280
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408999
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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
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010241302
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Deprivation, segregation, and socioeconomic class of UK immigrants : does English proficiency matter?
Aoki, Yu; Santiago, Lualhati - 2018
in the United Kingdom. Taking advantage of a unique dataset, we measure the extent of residential segregation along …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011803329
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Racial harassment, ethnic concentration, and economic conditions
Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca; Preston, Ian - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 113 (2011) 3, pp. 689-711
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Deprivation, Segregation, and Socioeconomic Class of UK Immigrants : Does English Proficiency Matter?
Aoki, Yu - 2018
in the United Kingdom. Taking advantage of a unique dataset, we measure the extent of residential segregation along …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925504
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Labour market disadvantage of ethnic minority British graduates : university choice, parental background or neighbourhood?
Zwysen, Wouter; Longhi, Simonetta - 2016
We compare school-to-work transitions of British graduates belonging to ethnic minorities to those of white British. Six months after graduation ethnic minorities are substantially less likely to be employed than white British even after accounting for parental background, local area...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434159
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Ethnic Differences in Realising Desires to Leave the Neighbourhood
Boschman, Sanne - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046651