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Life satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods : is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on life satisfaction?

Knies, Gundi; Nandi, Alita; Platt, Lucinda - 2014

Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of minorities and matched small area characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities will be less satisfied, which will in part be explained by...

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Ethnic drift and white flight : a gravity model of neighborhood formation

Bakens, Jessie; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Mulder, Peter - 2016

. We utilize a unique micro data set of place-to-place migrants across neighborhoods in the urban agglomerations of …

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Differences in Subprime Loan Pricing Across Races and Neighborhoods

Ghent, Andra C. - 2014

We investigate whether race and ethnicity influenced subprime loan pricing during 2005, the peak of the subprime mortgage expansion. We combine loan-level data on the performance of non-prime securitized mortgages with individual- and neighborhood-level data on racial and ethnic characteristics...

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Types of Spatial Mobility and the Ethnic Context of Destination Neighbourhoods in Estonia

Mägi, Kadi - 2016

Most studies of the ethnic composition of destination neighbourhoods after residential moves do not take into account the types of moves people have made. However, from an individual perspective, different types of moves may result in neighbourhood environments that differ in terms of their...

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Ethnic Differences in Realising Desires to Leave the Neighbourhood

Boschman, Sanne - 2014

Selective mobility into and out of neighbourhoods is one of the driving forces of segregation. Empirical research has … neighbourhoods but is unable to do so will contribute to a better understanding of the drivers of segregation, especially in the … context of the debate on voluntary segregation versus segregation due to a lack of choice. We find that ethnic minority groups …

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Neighbourhood Selection of Non-Western Ethnic Minorities : Testing the Own-Group Preference Hypothesis Using a Conditional Logit Model

Boschman, Sanne - 2013

The selective inflow and outflow of residents by ethnicity is the main mechanism behind ethnic residential segregation …

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Unwelcome Neighbors : Evidence of Racial Neighborhood Effects from Transaction-Level Data

Leung, Tin Cheuk; Sun, Xiaojin (Aaron); Tsang, Kwok Ping - 2022

This paper identifies racial neighborhood effects at the transaction level. By matching two large micro-datasets (ZTRAX and HMDA) for the state of Virginia, we pin down the impact of a marginal change of racial composition in a neighborhood by looking at price impacts for transactions that...

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Does racism affect a migrant's choice of destination?

Henry, Ruby - 2009

endogeneity. The results show that the probability of African American migrants choosing a city is significantly reduced by per …

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Immigration and election outcomes : evidence from city districts in Hamburg

Otto, Alkis Henri; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich - 2012

This paper provides new evidence on the effect of immigration on election outcomes. Our analysis makes use of data on city districts in Hamburg, Germany, during a period of substantial inflows of immigrants and asylum seekers. We find significant and robust effects for changes in foreigner...

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Neighbourhood effects on migrant youth's educational commitments : an enquiry into personality differences

Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Hooimeijer, Pieter; Ham, Maarten van; … - 2013

In the neighbourhood effects literature, the socialisation mechanism is usually investigated by looking at the association between neighbourhood characteristics and educational attainment. The step in between, that adolescents actually internalise educational norms held by residents, is often...

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