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Immigration and wages: new evidence from the African American Great Migration
Gardner, John - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 22, pp. 1-45
During the African American Great Migration, millions of blacks left the Southern USA in favor of cities in the North. Despite the social and economic consequences of this migration, the question of its impacts on labor markets in the North has largely been overlooked in the literature. In this...
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Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund zahlen elf Euro mehr Miete pro Monat
Winke, Tim - In: DIW Wochenbericht 83 (2016) 47, pp. 1133-1143
Seit 2006 gilt in Deutschland das Allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz - auch für den Wohnungsmarkt. Die vorliegenden Berechnungen auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels zeigen jedoch, dass Mieterinnen und Mieter mit Migrationshintergrund deutschlandweit im Jahr 2013 durchschnittlich knapp elf...
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Economic liberalisation and the mobility of minority groups: Evidence from Māori in New Zealand
Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 4, pp. 1-18
Between 1984 and 1993, New Zealand undertook comprehensive market-oriented economic reforms. In this paper, we use census data to examine how the internal mobility of M¯aori compares to that of Europeans in New Zealand in the period after these reforms. It is often suggested that M¯aori are...
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An Empirical Study on the Migration Among Young Skilled and Creative People
Suciu, Marta-Christina; Florea, Cristina Andreea - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 19 (2017) 46, pp. 727-741
In the context of a knowledge and innovative-based society and economy, smart and creative cities are attracting an increasing number of young people, most of them being gifted, very talented students and high-skilled workforce, with multiple competences . These young people are pro-active and...
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Comparing ethnic segregation across cities—measurement issues matter
Meister, Moritz; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - In: Review of Regional Research 41 (2020) 1, pp. 33-54
This paper investigates how important measurement issues such as the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP), random unevenness and spatial autocorrelation affect cross-sectional studies of ethnic segregation. We use geocoded data for German cities to investigate the impact of these measurement...
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Do anti-discrimination policies work?
Valfort, Marie-Anne - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
Discrimination is a complex, multi-factor phenomenon. Evidence shows widespread discrimination on various grounds … a woman. Combating discrimination requires combining the strengths of a range of anti-discrimination policies while also … addressing their weaknesses. In particular, policymakers should thoroughly address prejudice (taste-based discrimination …
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Rental housing discrimination and the persistence of ethnic enclaves
Bosch, Mariano; Carnero, M. Angeles; Farré, Lídia - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 6 (2015) 2, pp. 129-152
We conduct a field experiment to show that discrimination in the rental market represents a significant obstacle for …
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Immigrant assimilation and male labor market inequality
Mason, Patrick L. - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 17, pp. 1-32
At the height of the US civil rights movement in the mid-1960s, foreign-born persons were less than 1 % of the African-American population (Kent, Popul Bull, 62:4, 2007). Today, 16 % of America's African diaspora workforce consists of first- or second-generation immigrants and 4 % is Hispanic....
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European structural funds during the crisis: Evidence from Southern Italy
Ciani, Emanuele; De Blasio, Guido - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-31
We investigate the effectiveness of European Structural Funds on employment, population and house prices in 325 Local Labor Markets (LLM) located in Southern Italy. We exploit the variability in disbursements between 2007 and 2013 and estimate the impact of the interventions by allowing for...
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Lokaler Arbeitsmarkt beeinflusst die Berufschancen von Geflüchteten
Bürmann, Marvin; Tsolak, Dorian; Goebel, Jan; Kühne, Simon - In: DIW Wochenbericht 90 (2023) 30/31, pp. 413-421
Geflüchtete in Deutschland müssen etliche Hürden überwinden, um eine Anstellung zu finden. Ein Grund dafür ist die Verteilung der Geflüchteten nach dem Königsteiner Schlüssel, der die Arbeitsmarktsituation in den Kreisen und Städten nicht berücksichtigt. Dieser Wochenbericht betrachtet...
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