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What a Difference Immigration Law Makes : Pisa Results, Migration Background and Social Mobility in Europe and Traditional Countries of Immigration

Entorf, Horst; Minoiu, Nicoleta - 2008

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national … empirical results imply that for students with a migration background a key for catching up is the language spoken at home. We …

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Involuntary migration, context of reception, and social mobility : the case of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the United States

Bankston, Carl L., III.; Zhou, Min - 2018

In this study, we examine the Vietnamese population of the United States as a case study in the integration of a refugee group in a host country. We approach this case in three parts. We first offer a brief review of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the US and the making of a new ethnic...

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Microeconometric analyses on economic consequences of selective migration

Ruhose, Jens - 2015

selection and the importance of migrant selection to labor force quality. Chapter 2 quantifies non-pecuniary migration costs … that are incurred due to selective migration along cultural traits. Chapter 3 discusses whether early performance …

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Return migration and socioeconomic mobility in MENA : evidence from labour market panel surveys

Hlásny, Vladimír; AlAzzawi, Shireen - 2018

This study examines the effects of cross-border return migration on intertemporal and intergenerational transmission of … function of their migration histories. Return migrants, current migrants, and (yet) non-migrants are distinguished. Transitions …, demographics and migration status. Migration patterns are found to differ systematically between Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia, as well …

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Socioeconomic status and mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic : an analysis of 8 large Latin American cities

Aromí, J. Daniel; Bonel, María Paula; Cristia, Julian; … - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 31 (2022), pp. 1-28

This study analyzes mobility patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic for 8 large Latin American cities. Indicators of mobility by socioeconomic status (SES) are generated by combining geo-referenced mobile phone information with granular census data. Before the pandemic, a strong positive...

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Socioeconomic status and mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic : an analysis of eight large Latin American cities

Aromí, J. Daniel; Bonel, María Paula; Cristia, Julian; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2021

This study analyzes mobility patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic for eight large Latin American cities. Indicators of mobility by socioeconomic status (SES) are generated by combining georeferenced mobile phone information with granular census data. Before the pandemic, a strong positive...

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Dynamics of social mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

Yuksel, Mutlu; Aydedem, Yigit; Begolli, Francisko - 2020

As the number of cases increases globally, governments and authorities have continued to use mobility restrictions that were, and still are, the only effective tool to control for the viral transmission. Yet, the relationship between public orders and behavioral parameters of social distancing...

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Intergenerational Economic Mobility and the Racial Wealth Gap

Robertson, Cassandra - 2020

A growing body of research documents the importance of wealth and the racial wealth gap in perpetuating inequality across generations. We add to this literature by examining the impact of wealth on child income by race, while also extending our analysis to three generations. Our two stage least...

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Inherited social capital and residential mobility : a study using Japan panel data

Yamamuraa, Eiji; Tsusuib, Yoshiro; Yamanec, Chisako; … - 2014

Empirical results based on individual-level data from Japan were studied to determine the effect of social capital on the willingness to leave one's residential area. It was found that social capital accumulated through one's own experience in a residential area is not the only factor that...

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The effects of mobility on neighbourhood social ties

Knies, Gundi - 2009

This research examines the strength of people's ties with close neighbours and the sensitivity thereof to changes in residential mobility, access to modes of public and private transport, and changes in the availability of modern communications technologies using the German Socio-economic Panel...

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