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International migration, ethnicity and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...
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The Linguistic and Economic Adjustment of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in the United States, 2000 : A Preliminary Report
Chiswick, Barry R.; Wenz, Michael - 2004
This paper is an analysis of the English-language proficiency and labor market earnings of Soviet Jewish immigrants to the United States from 1965 to 2000, using the 2000 Census of Population. Comparisons are made to similar analyses using the 1980 and 1990 Censuses. A consistent finding is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261992
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Labor Market Discrimination and Racial Differences in Premarket Factors
Carneiro, Pedro; Heckman, James Joseph; Masterov, … - 2005
We investigate the relative significance of differences in cognitive skills and discrimination in explaining racial/ethnic wage gaps. We show that cognitive test scores taken prior to entering the labor market are influenced by schooling. Adjusting the scores for racial/ethnic differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274210
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Interethnic Marriages and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants
Kantarevic, Jasmin - 2004
This paper examines the relationship between interethnic marriages and economic assimilation among immigrants in the United States. Two competing hypotheses are evaluated: the productivity hypothesis, according to which immigrants married to native-born spouses assimilate faster than comparable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261891
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Minority voting and long-term decisions
Gersbach, Hans; Fahrenberger, Theresa - 2008
In this paper we propose minority voting as a scheme that can partially protect individuals from the risk of repeated …: voting winners, voting losers, and absentees. Under minority voting only voting losers keep the voting right in the second … period. We show that as soon as absolute risk aversion exceeds a threshold value minority voting is superior to repeated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264290
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Storable Votes: Giving Voice to Minority Preferences without Sacrificing Efficiency
Casella, Alessandra; Palfrey, Thomas; Riezman, Raymond - In: CESifo DICE Report 05 (2007) 3, pp. 17-22
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Minority Voting and Long-term Decisions
Fahrenberger, Theresa; Gersbach, Hans - 2007
In this paper we propose minority voting as a scheme that can partially protect individuals from the risk of repeated …: voting winners, voting losers, and absentees. Under minority voting only voting losers keep the voting right in the second … period. We show that as soon as absolute risk aversion exceeds a threshold value minority voting is superior to repeated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753134
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Social Networks and Labor Market Inequality between Ethnicities and Races
Toomet, Ott; van der Leij, Marco; Rolfe, Meredith - 2012
economic performance of the Russian minority, and in the U.S. case we consider the regional variation in black …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326543
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University differences in the graduation of minorities in STEM fields: Evidence from California
Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Hotz, Vincent Joseph - 2013
leave the sciences and take longer to graduate at each campus. We show the vast majority of minority students would be more … results do not apply for non-minority students. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293145
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Am treffendsten als "dezentralisierter Einheitsstaat" zu charakterisieren: Italien: Regionalismus, Regionen mit Normal- und mit Sonderstatut
Merkel, Wolfgang - In: Der Bürger im Staat: Zeitschrift für Multiplikatoren … 37 (1987) 2, pp. 102-108
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