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Residential Segregation and Immigrants’ Satisfaction with the Neighborhood in Germany
Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe; Tsertsvadze, 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/10014175301
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Moving to Segregation : Evidence from 8 Italian Cities
Boeri, Tito - 2012
We use a new dataset and a novel identification strategy to analyze the effects of residential segregation on the … migrants, allow us to measure segregation at the very local level (the block) and include measures of house prices, commuting … specification, a 10 percentage points increase in residential segregation reduces the probability of being employed by 7 percentage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099737
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Cultural Diversity - A Matter of Measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2015
measuring spatial dependence, particularly in the form of segregation or clusters. We conclude that there will be in the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532749
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Right-wing extremism and the well-being of immigrants
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266041
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Does racism affect a migrant's choice of destination?
Henry, Ruby - 2009
I explicitly introduce racial conflict and cultural attitudes on racial diversity as determinants of destination choice to test their continued relevance to African Americans. I construct several measures of racial intolerance towards African Americans using hate crime activity and the feelings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269551
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Right-wing extremism and the well-being of immigrants
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299970
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Immigration and election outcomes: Evidence from city districts in Hamburg
Otto, Alkis Henri; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich - 2012
This paper provides new evidence on the effect of immigration on election outcomes. Our analysis makes use of data on city districts in Hamburg, Germany, during a period of substantial inflows of immigrants and asylum seekers. We find significant and robust effects for changes in foreigner...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309042
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Race and subprime loan pricing
Ghent, Andra C.; Hernández-Murillo, Rubén; Owyang, … - 2011 - First draft: February 2011, preliminary
In this paper we investigate whether race and ethnicity influenced subprime loan pricing during 2005, the peak of the subprime mortgage expansion. We combine loan-level data on the performance of non-prime securitized mortgages with individual- and neighborhood-level data on racial and ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539498
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Right-wing extremism and the well-being of immigrants
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897562
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Immigration and election outcomes : evidence from city districts in Hamburg
Otto, Alkis Henri; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich - 2012
This paper provides new evidence on the effect of immigration on election outcomes. Our analysis makes use of data on city districts in Hamburg, Germany, during a period of substantial inflows of immigrants and asylum seekers. We find significant and robust effects for changes in foreigner...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530215