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Community leaders and the preservation of cultural traits
Prummer, Anja; Siedlarek, Jan-Peter - 2016
We explain persistent differences in cultural traits of immigrant groups with the presence of community leaders. Leaders influence the cultural traits of their community, which have an impact on the group's earnings. They determine whether a community will be more assimilated and wealthier or...
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The slippery slope from pluralistic to plural societies
Campigotto, Nicola; Rapallini, Chiara; Rustichini, Aldo - 2021
examining school friendship networks in five European countries with recent immigration. Our results highlight the force of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603413
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School friendship networks, homophily and multiculturalism : evidence from European countries
Campigotto, Nicola; Rapallini, Chiara; Rustichini, Aldo - 2020
This paper investigates the determinants of school friendship networks among adolescents, proposing a model of network …, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. We test the idea that networks arise according to homophily along many characteristics … (gender, school achievement and ethnic and cultural backgrounds), and assess the relative importance of each factor. In …
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Friendship network composition and subjective wellbeing
Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa; Smyth, Russell - 2017
's friends are similar to oneself with regard to ethnicity and religion. We find that people who have friendship networks with …
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Executive social connections and gender pay gaps
Javakhadze, David; Shelton, Austin - In: The journal of corporate finance : contracting, … 73 (2022), pp. 1-22
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Community cohesion and assimilation equilibria
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin; Szczygielski, Krzysztof - 2018
We study the assimilation behavior of a group of migrants who live in a city populated by native inhabitants. We conceptualize the group as a community, and the city as a social space. Assimilation increases the productivity of migrants and, consequently, their earnings. However, assimilation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929253
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Community cohesion and assimilation equilibria
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin; Szczygielski, Krzysztof - 2018
We study the assimilation behavior of a group of migrants who live in a city populated by native inhabitants. We conceptualize the group as a community, and the city as a social space. Assimilation increases the productivity of migrants and, consequently, their earnings. However, assimilation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931048
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Community leaders and the preservation of cultural traits
Prummer, Anja; Siedlarek, Jan-Peter - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386651
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Community leaders and the preservation of cultural traits
Prummer, Anja; Siedlarek, Jan-Peter - In: Journal of economic theory 168 (2017), pp. 143-176
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011747416
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Diversity and social capital in the US : a tale of conflict, contact or total mistrust?
Belton, Willie James; Huq, Yameen; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2014
In this paper we explore the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and social capital. First, we test for time differences in the impact of ethnic fractionalization on social capital using U.S. data from 1990, 1997 and 2005. Subsequently we examine the data for evidence of the conflict,...
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