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Immigration and the Access to Social Housing in the UK
Battiston, Diego; Dickens, Richard; Manning, Alan; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of immigration on the probability of being in social housing in the UK. In recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757247
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Immigration and the access to social housing in the UK
Battiston, Diego; Dickens, Richard; Manning, Alan; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of immigration on the probability of being in social housing in the UK. In recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126582
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French Social Housing in an International Context
Scanlon, Kathleen; Whitehead, Christine - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
In this paper we describe the main features of the French social housing system as viewed from abroad, and place it within the context of systems in other major developed countries, particularly in Europe. At 17% of the total stock the social sector in France is of similar scale to many other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009018056
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Immigration, Naturalization, and the Future of Public Education
Tanaka, Ryuichi; Farré, Lídia; Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of immigration on the education system of the receiving country from a political … key moments of Spain's economy and education system in year 2008, the end of a large episode of immigration. By means of … simulations we evaluate the effects of immigration on the size and quality of Spain's public education. Our main findings are as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010812509
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Immigration and the Political Economy of Public Education: Recent Perspectives
Ortega, Francesc; Tanaka, Ryuichi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper reviews the recent literature on the effects of immigration on the public education of the host country … empirical studies, suggests the following conclusions. First, immigration has triggered native flight toward private schools in …-scale immigration is that it appears to undermine the political support for public education, resulting in a deterioration in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143942
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Immigration and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain
Gonzalez, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2009
We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over … the period 1998-2008. This decade is characterized by both a spectacular housing market boom and a stunning immigration … wave. We exploit the variation in immigration across Spanish provinces and construct an instrument based on the historical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317962
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Immigration and Swiss House Prices
Fischer, Andreas; Degen, Kathrin - Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB) - 2010
This study examines the behavior of Swiss house prices to immigration flows for 85 districts from 2001 to 2006. The … results show that the nexus between immigration and house prices holds even in an environment of low house price inflation …, nationwide rent control, and modest immigration flows. An immigration inflow equal to 1% of an area’s population is coincident …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008738788
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Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Roberts, Rowan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761833
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Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership
Constant, Amelie; Roberts, Rowan; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963640
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Immigration and Swiss House Prices
Degen, Kathrin; Fischer, Andreas M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This study examines the behavior of Swiss house prices to immigration flows for 85 districts from 2001 to 2006. The … results show that the nexus between immigration and house prices holds even in an environment of low house price inflation and … modest immigration flows. An immigration inflow equal to 1% of an area’s population is coincident with an increase in prices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509465