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polarization of greenness. Taking the prevalence as a direct and diversity as an inverse measure of the validity of a greenness … polarization of greenness for those either very green or not green at all. This is consistent with the idea that green self … other groups - a possibility that relies on sufficiently large differentiation/polarization of groups. We discuss …
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Social interactions are considered pivotal to urban agglomeration forces. This study employs a unique dataset on mobile phone calls to examine how social interactions differ across cities and peripheral areas. We first show that geographical distance is highly detrimental to interpersonal...
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Social interactions are considered pivotal to agglomeration economies. We explore a unique dataset on mobile phone calls to examine how distance and population density shape the structure of social interactions. Exploiting an exogenous change in travel times, we show that distance is highly...
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This paper studies how the strength of social ties is affected by the geographical location of other individuals and their social capital. We characterize the equilibrium in terms of both social interactions and social capital. We show that lower travel costs increase not only the interaction...
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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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Zuzüge verzeichnen, insbesondere die locker bebauten Wohngebiete der Ballungsrandzone. Die demografische Segregation zwischen …
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social outcomes are not well understood. We develop a novel index of ethnic segregation that takes both ethnic and spatial …
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This paper argues that urbanization reshapes individual's risk preference by exerting self-selection and assimilation … evidence supporting our two-effect theory and the magnitudes of both effects are sizable and near in scale. The assimilation …
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‘ethnic capital’ (e.g. ethnic network and ethnic concentration) on immigrants' earnings assimilation. We adopt a "spatial …
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capital and, in particular, language proficiency for socio-economic assimilation. …
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