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population that was characterised by a new predominance of non-European immigration.Despite this, average segregation levels …Analysing restricted access census data, this paper examines the long-term trends of immigrant segregation in France …
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The immigrant (foreign-born) population increased by 32 million in total across 37 European countries from 1990 to 2019. Much of this movement was from east to west. Indeed, both the total and foreign-born populations declined in the former Eastern Bloc over this period. Such demographic shifts...
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It is difficult to determine whether ghettos are good or bad, partly because racial segregation may have some effects … overall effects of racial segregation. The key idea underlying our empirical approach is that if segregation indeed has a … negative overall effect, migrants should be willing to give up some earnings to avoid living in segregated cities. Using …
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Ethnic groups tend to agglomerate and assemble, mostly in urban areas. While ethnic clustering is critically debated in societies and the consequences for economic outcomes are under debate in research, the process is not yet well understood. A separate literature has also examined the cultural...
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The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an American name within the first year of arrival....
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We investigate whether the dependence of immigrants on welfare benefits leads to opposition to further immigration by … natives lead to less favourable attitudes of natives towards immigration. Interestingly, we do not find similar stylised facts … for immigrants' attitudes towards immigration. …
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immigrants from different countries and arriving under different immigration policy regimes vary in their probability of over …-qualification. The results suggest that both country of origin (sending factor) and immigration policy (selecting factor) matter and that …
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This paper investigates the relationship between immigration and the size of the informal or underground economy. Using … regional variation for the Spanish provinces we find that the massive immigration wave between 2000 and 2009 is highly … substantially reduced the number of illegal workers but did not affect the relationship between immigration and informality. …
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immigration to help fight these tendencies, immigration levels in Japan are comparatively much lower. Increasing immigration to … immigration in Japan is surprisingly rare. Rather, public opposition to immigration is often unquestioningly taken as a given … on immigration at the national and regional levels, considering factors that can influence respondents' perceptions. In …
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