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Interregional contact and the formation of a shared identity
Bagues, Manuel F.; Roth, Christopher - 2022
We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions in early adulthood on preferences, beliefs … and national identity. We combine a natural experiment, the random assignment of male conscripts to different locations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330061
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Interregional Contact and National Identity
Bagues, Manuel; Roth, Christopher - 2020
We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions on beliefs, preferences and national … identity. We combine a natural experiment, the random assignment of male conscripts to different locations throughout Spain … individual preferences and national identity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012425693
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Identity and Economic Incentives
Donkor, Kwabena; Goette, Lorenz; Müller, Maximilian W.; … - 2023
This paper examines how beliefs and preferences drive identity-conforming consumption or investments. We introduce a … theory that explains how identity distorts individuals' beliefs about potential outcomes and imposes psychic costs on … gains from identity-incongruent assets by 9% to 27%. Our counterfactual simulations imply that identity-specific beliefs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469666
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The lasting impact of historical residential security maps on experienced segregation
Aaronson, Daniel; Han, Joel Kaiyuan; Hartley, Daniel A.; … - 2023
We study the impact of the 1930s HOLC residential security maps on experienced segregation based on cell phone records which track visits out of and into home neighborhoods. We compare adjacent neighborhoods, one of which was assigned a lower grade for creditworthiness than the other. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480375
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Tales of Migration without Wage Differentials: Individual, Family, and Community Contexts
Stark, Oded - In: Institutions and Economic Development (2003) 2, pp. 79-92
By means of examples that pertain to individual, family, and community contexts, it is shown that migration between locations is compatible with a zero expected net earnings differential between locations. The examples give rise to testable predictions that differ sharply from the predictions...
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Cultural diversity and cultural distance as choice determinants of migration destination
Wang, Zhiling; de Graaff, Thomas; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014
This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants' varying preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400150
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Social capital and migration intentions in post-communist countries
Huber, Peter; Mikula, Stepan - 2018
We analyse the impact of social capital on the willingness to migrate in 28 post-communist and five western European comparator countries using the Life in Transition Survey. We find substantially lower levels of professional social capital among the older cohorts in post-communist than in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853253
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A gramática da moradia no Complexo do Alemîao: História, documentos e narrativas
Couto, Patrícia Brandão; Rodrigues, Rute Imanishi - 2015
The Complexo do Alemão, as a place in Rio de Janeiro city, only acquired nominal, administrative and symbolic existence, from 1993, when it was recognized as a neighborhood. However, for its inhabitants, the particularities of the places that compound that administrative place, remain routed on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444812
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Social networks, role models, peer effects, and aspirations
Mani, Anandi; Riley, Emma - 2019
, trading relationships, information on jobs, and new technologies-as well as in intangible ways, such as shaping their beliefs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423986
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Personality Traits, Migration Intentions, and Cultural Distance
Fouarge, Didier; Özer, Merve Nezihe; Seegers, Philipp K. - 2019
This paper investigates the relationship between Big Five personality traits and individuals' intentions to migrate in countries that vary in their culture. Using data collected from university students in Germany, we find that extraversion and openness are positively associated with migration...
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