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How status inequality between ethnic groups affects public goods provision: Experimental evidence on caste and tolerance for teacher absenteeism in India

Singh, Prerna; Spears, Dean - 2017

experiments in India. Both show that respondents are more tolerant of teacher absenteeism when schools serve low- rather than high-caste … and services. On the one hand, it pushes beyond purely economic inequality to include status inequality between population …: the absenteeism of service providers. We provide experimental evidence that in a situation of status inequality between …

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Social Identity and Perceived Income Adequacy

Goel, Deepti; Deshpande, Ashwini - 2018

-employment in India, and examine how these are shaped by social identity, namely, caste. We also investigate if institutional change … between caste identity and actual earnings. We find that caste identity does shape both perceptions of income adequacy as well …. Further, the employment guarantee scheme alters self-perceptions differentially for different caste groups, but in more …

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What a Difference Immigration Law Makes: PISA Results, Migration Background and Social Mobility in Europe and Traditional Countries of Immigration

Minoiu, Nicoleta; Entorf, Horst - 2004

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries (France, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden) and traditional countries of...

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PISA Results: What a Difference Immigration Law Makes

Entorf, Horst; Minoiu, Nicoleta - 2004

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Life satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods: Is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on life satisfaction?

Knies, Gundi; Nandi, Alita; Platt, Lucinda - 2014

Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of minorities and matched small area characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities will be less satisfied, which will in part be explained by...

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Life Satisfaction, Ethnicity and Neighbourhoods: Is There an Effect of Neighbourhood Ethnic Composition on Life Satisfaction?

Platt, Lucinda; Knies, Gundi; Nandi, Alita - 2014

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Determinants of integration and its impact on the economic success of immigrants: a case study of the Turkish community in Berlin

Danzer, Alexander M.; Ulku, Hulya - 2008

Using a new data on 590 Turkish households in Berlin, we investigate the determinants and impact of integration on economic performance. We find that usual suspects such as time spent in Germany and education have positive impact, while networks have no impact on integration. There is strong...

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