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communication data. In case of Estonia we consider the regional variation in economic performance of the Russian minority, and in … unexplained racial/ethnic wage differentials on the one hand and social network segregation, as measured by inbreeding homophily …
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, then expected homophily in the contact network structure induces different career choices for individuals from different …
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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 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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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 puts the empirical case for a motivation-based theory of socio-demographic disparities in the labor market. We first present the basic knowledge as regards earnings disparities in the labor market and sum up the classic assessment of the theoretical literature focusing on pure pay...
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This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse causation between these two dimensions of the integration process, and the role of host society culture. Whereas each dimension is usually examined separately, this study proposes a...
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