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The 2D:4D digit ratio, the ratio of the length of the 2nd digit to the length of the 4th digit, is often considered a proxy for testosterone exposure in utero. A recent study by Nicolaou et al. (2018) reported an association between the lefthand 2D:4D and self-employment (in a sample of about...
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We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over … the period 1998-2008. This decade is characterized by both a spectacular housing market boom and a stunning immigration … wave. We exploit the variation in immigration across Spanish provinces and construct an instrument based on the historical …
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information related to the immigration stock it may delay the mass entry of immigrants, maintaining the required stock in the long …
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immigration can cause increases in crime is warranted, considering the fact that there is much empirical evidence that suggest the …€œImmigration and Crime: Evidence from Canada†(CLSRN Working Paper no. 135) analyses the relationship between immigration and crime … could be expected that a selective immigration policy of this nature, may bring more “complementary†new immigrant …
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la question de savoir si l’immigration peut augmenter le taux de criminalité, quand on considère le fait qu’il existe des … affilié du RCCMTC Haimin Zhang (Université de la Colombie-Britannique) et intitulée « L’immigration et le crime : éléments de … preuve au Canada » (Rapport de recherche du RCCMTC n° 135) analyse le rapport entre l’immigration et la criminalité et …
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driven by local concentrations of ethnic minorities. The immigration debate, however, has arguably changed since the EU … expansions and the economic crisis of the past decade. This paper tests whether public support for immigration restriction is … suggest that support for immigration restriction is higher in regions where more immigrants are unemployed, but lower in …
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We combine community-level outcomes of 27 votes about immigration issues in Switzerland with census data to estimate … the effect of immigration on natives' attitudes towards immigration. We apply an instrumental variable approach to take … anti-immigration votes, while the presence of culturally similar immigrants does not affect natives' voting behavior at all …
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diversity of 0.1 would increase rents by over 12 percent after controlling for relevant explanatory variables and city and time … rents. These results suggest an economic impact that is an order of magnitude bigger than that found in labor markets … diversity on the local housing market mirrors the fact that inhabitants are willing to pay higher rents in cities with a high …
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Recent European legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … controls the information related to the immigration stock it could delay the mass entry of immigrants, maintaining the required …
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We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over … the period 1998-2008. This decade is characterized by both a spectacular housing market boom and a stunning immigration … wave. We exploit the variation in immigration across Spanish provinces and construct an instrument based on the historical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269418