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Ethnische Vielfalt und Arbeitsmarkterfolg
Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 44 (2011) 1/2, pp. 81-89
The economic potential of ethnic and cultural diversity is often underestimated. This paper summarizes a number of recent studies which show that 'soft' factors such as attitudes, perceptions and identities - and in particular ethnic identities - significantly affect economic outcomes. More...
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Microeconometric analysis of earnings mobility of immigrants and ethnic minorities: evidence from the UK
Bidisha, Sayema H.; Das, Anupam; McFarlane, Adian A. - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2013) 1, pp. 35-42
This paper analyzes intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants and ethnic minorities in the UK. We use a two-sample technique and utilize the British Household Panel Survey for estimating the mobility coefficient. The estimation provides the evidence of differences in generational...
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The educational attainment of the second generation in Germany: social origins and ethnic inequality
Kristen, Cornelia; Granato, Nadia - 2007
With the German Microcensus we study the second generation's educational attainment in Germany focusing on the descendants of classic labour migrants. Our results show that educational outcomes in terms of attending or completing the highest schooling track leading to the Abitur considerably...
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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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Einstellungen und Werthaltungen zu homosexuellen Männern in Ost- und Westdeutschland
Bochow, Michael - In: Aids - eine Forschungsbilanz. Bericht über den …, (pp. 115-128). 1993
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268747
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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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