influx of migrants from the Republic of former Soviet Union led to the formation of new large ethnic communities. The paper …

Card et al (2008a) formalize a model of ethnic residential segregation where an ethnically mixed neighborhood is … individuals and by individuals with kids, suggesting that tipping behavior may increase segregation of whites in a number of …

concerned, and estimate the migrants' varying preferences for both cultural diversity and cultural distance. To account for …

an aggregate level. Especially the role of imperfect substitutability of migrants and natives gained importance. A new … workers: migrants are heavily concentrated in agglomerations and work in different jobs than natives do. This gives an … levels and two types of jobs for migrants and natives. Firms differ in the ability to employ migrants which gives rise to …

analyses the structural drivers of migration (i.e. the key regional characteristics that attract high-skilled migrants) and the … social structures that underpin it (i.e the role of migration networks). Secondly, it compares the preferences of migrants … market, particular attention is given to migrants who are applying, in their jobs, exactly the skills gained through their …

during the past two decades reinforced or changed patterns of residential segregation among urban neighbourhoods. German …