causal relationship from homeownership to unemployment. The literature confirms a decreasing effect of homeownership on … geographical mobility of workers, but does not in general confirm that homeowners have longer unemployment spells or higher … unemployment rates. Even though this finding is related to heterogeneity in the labour force and associated selectivity effects …

cities tend to become economic, logistic and political powerhouses and are increasingly involved in a competition on their … integral performance. The present paper aims to trace to what extent and why some cities outperform others. Starting from an … consideration of the perceptions of important classes of stakeholders on the performance outcomes of the various cities involved …

the social and economic performance of ethnic workers in cities by addressing the question whether these groups have a … more or less client-friendly than others. How do others judge their social or economic performance? After an extensive …

competition on their integral performance. The present paper aims to trace to what extent and why some cities outperform others … explicit consideration of the perceptions of important classes of stakeholders on the performance outcomes of the various …