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Does Segregation Reduce Socio-Spatial Mobility? Evidence from Four European Countries with Different Inequality and Segregation Contexts
Nieuwenhuis, Jaap - 2017
The neighbourhoods in which people live reflects their social class and preferences, so studying socio-spatial mobility … between neighbourhoods gives insight in the openness of spatial class structures of societies and in the ability of people to … leave disadvantaged neighbourhoods. We study the extent to which people move between different types of neighbourhoods by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943695
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The regional distribution of income and wages : causes and consequences
Immel, Lea - 2021
Lea Immel prepared this study while she was working at the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in September 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484032
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Does segregation reduce socio-spatial mobility? : evidence from four European countries with different inequality and segregation contexts
Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Tammaru, Tiit; Ham, Maarten van; … - 2017
The neighbourhoods in which people live reflects their social class and preferences, so studying socio-spatial mobility … between neighbourhoods gives insight in the openness of spatial class structures of societies and in the ability of people to … leave disadvantaged neighbourhoods. We study the extent to which people move between different types of neighbourhoods by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758269
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Right-wing extremism and the well-being of immigrants
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299970
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Residential Segregation and Immigrants' Satisfaction with the Neighborhood in Germany
Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe; Tsertvadze, Georgi - 2011
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the relationship between immigrant residential segregation and immigrants' satisfaction with the neighborhood. The estimates show that immigrants living in segregated areas are less satisfied with the neighborhood. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601052
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Ethnic Residential Segregation and Immigrants' Perceptions of Discrimination in West Germany
Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2011
Using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study shows that immigrants living in segregated residential areas are more likely to report discrimination because of their ethnic background. This applies to both segregated areas where most neighbors are immigrants from the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601058
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The Determination of a Migration Wave Using Ethnicity and Community Ties
Locher, Lilo - 2001
If people come to live in a country different from their nation state, due to border shifts, expulsion, or migration, they adopt some of the new country?s habits after some time. This paper investigates their (return) migration decision when they have been restricted to live in the foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262554
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Right-wing extremism and the well-being of immigrants
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266041
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Microeconometric Analyses on Economic Consequences of Selective Migration
Ruhose, Jens - 2015
This volume was prepared by Jens Ruhose while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes four self-contained chapters that contribute to the understanding of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698351
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Do ethnic enclaves impede immigrants' integration? Evidence from a quasi-experimental social-interaction approach
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - 2012
It is widely debated whether immigrants who live among co-ethnics are less willing to integrate into the host society. Exploiting the quasi-experimental guest worker placement across German regions during the 1960/70s as well as information on immigrants' inter-ethnic contact networks and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289989