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Immigration, cultural distance and natives' attitudes towards immigrants : evidence from Swiss voting results

Brunner, Beatrice; Kuhn, Andreas - 2014

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 potentially endogenous locational choices into account, and...

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Immigration, Cultural Distance and Natives' Attitudes Towards Immigrants : Evidence from Swiss Voting Results

Brunner, Beatrice - 2014

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Living and working in ethnic enclaves : language proficiency of immigrants in US metropolitan areas

Beckhusen, Julia; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Graaff, … - 2012

study uses data from the 2010 American Community Survey to examine the impact of residential and occupational segregation on … immigrants' ability to speak English. We allow for heterogeneity in the relationship between segregation and English language … those who are less residentially and occupationally segregated. The magnitude of the effect of segregation on language …

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Ethnic concentration and extreme right-wing voting behavior in West Germany

Dill, Verena - 2013

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and administrative data from 1996 to 2009, I investigate the question whether or not right-wing extremism of German residents is affected by the ethnic concentration of foreigners living in the same residential area. My results show a...

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Growing up in ethnic enclaves : language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across German regions during the 1960s and 1970s in...

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