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Cultural diversity : a matter of measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2015
Cultural diversity - in various forms - has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and features of the...
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Long-Run Development and the New Cultural Economics
Gershman, Boris - 2016
This paper reviews recent economics literature on culture, with an emphasis on its relation to the field of long …-run growth and development. It examines the key issues debated in the new cultural economics: causal effects of culture on … economic outcomes, the origins and social costs of culture, as well as cultural transmission, persistence, and change. Some of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983798
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Does early educational tracking increase migrant-native achievement gaps? : differences-in-differences evidence across countries
Ruhose, Jens; Schwerdt, Guido - 2015
We study whether early tracking of students based on ability increases migrant-native achievement gaps. To eliminate confounding impacts of unobserved country traits, we employ a differences-in-differences strategy that exploits international variation in the age of tracking as well as student...
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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants : a survey of the literature
Nathan, Max - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call "the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010196029
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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants : a survey of the literature for receiving countries
Nathan, Max - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call "the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010372494
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Identifying the Determinants of Attitudes Towards Immigrants - a Structural Cross-Country Analysis
Brenner, Jan - 2008
Utilizing subjective data to infer on fundamental issues of individual opinion is associated with severe conceptual and methodological problems. This paper addresses these problems and investigates the attitudes towards immigrants within a cross-country framework. To this end, we utilize data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012726921
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How Different are Immigrants? A Cross-Country and Cross-Survey Analysis of Educational Achievement
Schnepf, Sylke V. - 2021
This paper examines differences in educational achievement between immigrants and natives in ten countries with a high population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. The first step of the analysis shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318896
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Identifying the Determinants of Attitudes Towards Immigrants : A Structural Cross-Country Analysis
Fertig, Michael; Brenner, Jan - 2021
Utilizing subjective data to infer on fundamental issues of individual opinion is associated with severe conceptual and methodological problems. This paper addresses these problems and investigates the attitudes towards immigrants within a cross-country framework. To this end, we utilize data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317439
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Comparing Immigration Policies : An Overview from the IMPALA Database
Beine, Michel A. R.; Boucher, Anna Katherine; Burgoon, Brian - 2021
stringency of immigration policies. Based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, we challenge … data and methods but are also of intrinsic importance to understanding immigration regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013216800
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The shortest path to oneself leads around the world : living abroad increases self-concept clarity
Adam, Hajo; Obodaru, Otilia; Lu, Jackson G.; Maddux, … - In: Organizational behavior and human decision processes : … 145 (2018), pp. 16-29
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