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class of immigrants in England and Wales, exploiting a natural experiment. Based on the phenomenon that young children learn … in the United Kingdom. Taking advantage of a unique dataset, we measure the extent of residential segregation along … different dimensions, and find that poor English skills lead immigrants to live in areas with a high concentration of people who …
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creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina there has been a significant increase in immigrants … population with over 60 percent of immigrants coming from Latin America and the Caribbean. While past research suggests negative …
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creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina, there has been a significant increase in immigrants …-language learner (ELL) student population and over 60 % of immigrants are from Latin America and the Caribbean. While past research …
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In the Netherlands, obtaining a higher education increases the chance to move to a better neighbourhood for native Dutch adults who grew up in a deprived parental neighbourhood. For non-Western minorities, education does not have this positive effect on socio-spatial mobility. In this study we...
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We analyse the effect of strong and weak ties on the individual probability of finding a job. Using the dynamic model of Calvó-Armengol and Jackson (2004), two results are put forward: (i) the individual probability of finding a job is increasing in the number of strong and weak ties; (ii) the...
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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 … context of the debate on voluntary segregation versus segregation due to a lack of choice. We find that ethnic minority groups …
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