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Deprivation, segregation, and socioeconomic class of UK immigrants : does English proficiency matter?
Aoki, Yu; Santiago, Lualhati - 2018
in the United Kingdom. Taking advantage of a unique dataset, we measure the extent of residential segregation along …
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Racism, Segregation, Acceptance : American Economics and Black Issues, 1890-1945
Rutherford, Malcolm - 2023
The American economics profession has a tortured relationship with the study of issues relatingto Black Americans. This paper traces that history beginning with the overt racism in the periodup to about 1910. During this time, W. E. B. Du Bois' attempts to gain acceptance from theAmerican...
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Endogenous Homophily and Segregation in Networks : When Birds of a Feather (Don’t) Necessarily Flock Together
Sommer, Marc - 2021
the emerging network, and in particular its segregation pattern. A special case of the strategic game represents one …
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Online networks, social interaction and segregation : an evolutionary approach
Antoci, Angelo; Sabatini, Fabio - 2018
There is growing evidence that face-to-face interaction is declining in many countries, exacerbating the phenomenon of social isolation. On the other hand, social interaction through online networking sites is steeply rising. To analyze these societal dynamics, we have built an evolutionary game...
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Cultural diversity : a matter of measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2015
measuring spatial dependence, particularly in the form of segregation or clusters. We conclude that there will be in the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470405
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Urban spatial structure, employment and social ties
Picard, Pierre M.; Zenou, Yves - 2014
We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition the majority group resides close to the job center while the minority group lives far away from it. Even though the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476353
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Urban spatial structure, employment and social ties : European versus American cities
Picard, Pierre M.; Zenou, Yves - 2015
We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and their social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition some individuals reside close to the job center while others live far away from it. Even though the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294096
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Random Walk-Based Segregation Measures
Ballester, Coralio; Vorsatz, Marc - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 96 (2014) 3, pp. 383-401
We propose an intuitive way of how to measure segregation in social and spatial networks. Using random walks, we define … the segregation index as the probability that an individual meets an individual from the same social group. The … segregation index is a generalization of the isolation index and a homophily index introduced in Currarini, Jackson, and Pin (2009 …
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The social structure of a Cape coloured reserve. A study of racial integration and segregation in South Africa
Carstens, William Peter - 1966
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Segregación espacial, empleo y pobreza en Montevideo
Kaztman, Rubén; Retamoso, Alejandro - In: Revista CEPAL (2005) 85, pp. 131-148
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