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network segregation, as measured by inbreeding homophily, on the other hand. Our analysis is based on both U.S. and Estonian … surveys, supplemented with Estonian telephone communication data. In case of Estonia we consider the regional variation in … economic performance of the Russian minority, and in the U.S. case we consider the regional variation in black …
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, then expected homophily in the contact network structure induces different career choices for individuals from different …
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's log wage is a function of education, experience, and race. We analyze this approach in a context where individuals live …
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We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms … minority. It also expands income inequality within the minority community. This incentivizes decentralized attempts to … expropriate producers which, through cumulative causation, both immiserize and criminalize the minority. An underclass thus …
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Gneezy et al. (2012) uses attribution theory from the psychology literature to argue that when the object of discrimination is a matter of choice (e.g. sexual orientation), observed discrimination may motivated by animus, which exacerbates or intensifies the emotional response to the object of...
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This paper examines the endogenous relationship between the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland or, more precisely, how economic and cultural barriers to integration reinforce each other. Are cultural differences preventing the successful integration of migrants or does...
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This paper investigates whether host society culture affects migrant wage discrimination, i.e. whether migrant wage discrimination is more intense in host societies where culture is more inward-looking. The motivation for this investigation in the Swiss context stems from two stylized facts...
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Using a rich and comparable micro-data set, we analyse international differences in gender pay gaps in the private sector for a sample of five European economies: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Using different methods, we examine how wage structure, differences in the distribution...
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Empirical evidence suggests that networks of personal relations are important in the micro dynamics of labor markets: even in modern capitalistic economies a high share of jobs are filled by social referrals. This paper aims at shedding light on an apparent puzzle concerning the relationship...
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While available evidence suggests that the events of September 11th negatively influenced the relative earnings of employees with Arab background in the US, it is not clear that they had similar effects in other countries. Our study for Germany provides evidence that the events also affected the...
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