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The construction of neighbourhoods and its relevance for the measurement of social and ethnic segregation: evidence from Denmark
Piil Damm, Anna; Schultz-Nielsen, Marie Louise - 2008
In this paper we propose a model for constructing neighbourhoods based on geo-referenced data and administrative data …. The 431,233 inhabited hectare cells in Denmark are clustered into 9,404 small and 2,296 large neighbourhoods, inhabited on … average in 2004 by 572 and 2,343 persons respectively. The priorities in the clustering process are to obtain neighbourhoods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268637
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Ethnic differences in realising desires to leave the neighbourhood
Boschman, Sanne; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2014
Selective mobility into and out of neighbourhoods is one of the driving forces of segregation. Empirical research has … neighbourhoods but is unable to do so will contribute to a better understanding of the drivers of segregation, especially in the … revealed who wants to leave certain types of neighbourhoods or who leaves certain neighbourhoods. A factor which has received …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408999
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Ethnic Concentration and Human Capital Formation
de Graaff, Thomas; de Groot, Henri L.F. - 2004
Concentration of immigrants and its associated externalities have become an important topic in contemporary international migration research, both from a methodological as well as an empirical perspective. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to provide an overview of that part...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325440
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Ethnic Concentration and Language Fluency of Immigrants in Germany
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - 2010
the self-selection of ethnic minorities into specific neighbourhoods. We analyse the impact of own-ethnic concentration on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600920
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The effect of enclave residence on the labour force activities of immigrants in Canada
Tu, Jiong - 2010
It has been well documented that immigrants' clustering of residence in large cities has been associated with the creation of a number of ethnic enclaves. The intensive exposure to own-ethnic population could affect immigrant labour market involvement positively or negatively. However, no extant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269543
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Ethnic concentration and language fluency of immigrants in Germany
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - 2010
the self-selection of ethnic minorities into specific neighbourhoods. We analyse the impact of own-ethnic concentration on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269711
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Ethnic concentration and language fluency of immigrants
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - 2010
The paper analyses the impact of regional own-ethnic concentration on the language proficiency of immigrants. It solves the endogeneity of immigrants' location choices by exploiting the fact that guest-workers in Germany after WWII were initially placed by firms and labor agencies. We find a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286651
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Ethnic segregation in Germany
Glitz, Albrecht - 2012
This paper provides a comprehensive description of the nature and extent of ethnic segregation in Germany. Using … substantial ethnic segregation across both workplaces and residential locations and that the extent of segregation has been … relatively stable over the last 30 years. Workplace segregation is particularly pronounced in agriculture and mining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289921
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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
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Ethnic concentration and language fluency of immigrants in Germany
Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - 2010
the self-selection of ethnic minorities into specific neighbourhoods. We analyse the impact of own-ethnic concentration on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003939170