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Cultural diversity and cultural distance as choice determinants of migration destination
Wang, Zhiling; de Graaff, Thomas; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014
This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants' varying preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400150
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Cultural diversity and cultural distance as choice determinants of migration destination
Wang, Zhiling; Graaff, Thomas de; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014
This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants' varying preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490075
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The choice of migration destinations: cultural diversity versus cultural distance
Wang, Zhiling; Graaff, Thomas de; Nijkamp, Peter - European Regional Science Association - 2014
This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants¡¯ varying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075847
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Barriers of culture, networks, and language in international migration: A review
Wang, Zhiling; de Graaff, Thomas; Nijkamp, Peter - In: REGION 5 (2018) 1, pp. 73-89
of destination arguably much more uncontrollable. This study shows that migration is in a complex way intertwined with … culture, networks and language, (i) by reviewing related studies on the barriers of culture, networks and language in … international labor mobility, and (ii) by exploring missing gaps and prospective avenues for research. Nowadays, the migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591431
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Barriers of culture, networks, and language in international migration : a review
Wang, Zhiling; Graaff, Thomas de; Nijkamp, Peter - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 5 (2018) 1, pp. 73-89
of destination arguably much more uncontrollable. This study shows that migration is in a complex way intertwined with … culture, networks and language, (i) by reviewing related studies on the barriers of culture, networks and language in … international labor mobility, and (ii) by exploring missing gaps and prospective avenues for research. Nowadays, the migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011876099
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Cultural Diversity and Cultural Distance as Choice Determinants of Migration Destination
Wang, Zhiling; de Graaff, Thomas; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014
This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants' varying preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377202
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Cultural diversity and cultural distance as choice determinants of migration destination
Wang, Zhiling; Graaff, Thomas de; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014
This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants' varying preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358424
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Cultural diversity and cultural distance as choice determinants of migration destination
Wang, Zhiling; Graaff, Thomas de; Nijkamp, Peter - In: Spatial economic analysis : the journal of the Regional … 11 (2016) 2, pp. 176-200
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485178
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Cultural Diversity and Cultural Distance as Choice Determinants of Migration Destination
Wang, Zhiling; Graaff, Thomas de; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants’ varying preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257301
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How diverse can spatial measures of cultural diversity be? Results from Monte Carlo simulations of an agent-based model
Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2014
Cultural diversity is a complex and multi-faceted concept. Commonly used quantitative measures of the spatial distribution of culturally-defined groups - such as segregation, isolation or concentration indexes - are often only capable of identifying just one aspect of this distribution. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532702