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We review the literature on pathways through which social networks may influence social mobility in developing countries. We find that social networks support members in tangible ways-via access to opportunities for migration, credit, trading relationships, information on jobs, and new...
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In this research project we investigate how the design of school assignment rules affects social segregation and its implications for social inequality. The context of our study is the Hungarian school system, which is characterized by early ability tracking combined with a centralized...
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Die vorliegende Publikation widmet sich erstmals ausführlich Gefährdungslagen sozialer Ausgrenzung im Sinne der Europa … und sozialer Ausgrenzung betroffenen Menschen innerhalb der nächsten zehn Jahre um 20 Millionen zu reduzieren. Für … gesellschaftlichen Teilhabe und fehlender Einbindung in den Arbeitsmarkt erweitert. Entstehungszusammenhänge sozialer Ausgrenzung und …
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European countries are becoming increasingly politically integrated and the process of integration has accelerated in recent years. But how much social integration is there within the Community? This article supplies a definition of European social integration, and thereby lays down the...
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SHARE data in order to support policies for an inclusive society. …
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This paper aims at providing empirical evidence on social exclusion of immigrants in Germany.We demonstrate that when using a conventional definition of the social inclusion index typically applied in the literature, immigrants appear to experience a significant degree of social deprivation and...
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This paper aims at providing empirical evidence on social exclusion of immigrants in Germany. We demonstrate that when using a conventional definition of the social inclusion index typically applied in the literature, immigrants appear to experience a significant degree of social deprivation and...
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Using unique village census data collected in 2003 and 2008 in Senegal, we assess the impact of a major World Bank-funded Community Driven Development (CDD) program on membership and assortative matching in community-based organizations (CBOs). We implement both standard discrete choice and...
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