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The mechanisms of spatial mismatch
Gobillon, Laurent; Selod, Harris; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
The Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis (SMH) argues that low-skilled minorities residing in U.S. inner cities experience poor labour-market outcomes because they are disconnected from suburban job opportunities. This assumption gave rise to an abundant empirical literature, which confirmed this...
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Racial Segregation and Public School Expenditure
La Ferrara, Eliana; Mele, Angelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper explores the effect of racial segregation on public school expenditure in US metropolitan areas and school … racial groups needs to be taken into account. Greater segregation is associated with more homogeneity in some subareas and …. For given fragmentation, the extent of segregation conveys information on households’ possibility to sort into relatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114358
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Segregation and the Quality of Government in a Cross-Section of Countries
Alesina, Alberto F; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
us to measure segregation of different ethnic, religious and linguistic groups within the same country. The second goal … is to correlate measures of segregation with measures of quality of the polity and policymaking. The third is to … no relationship between religious segregation and the government quality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666927
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Spatial Mismatch: From the Hypothesis to the Theories
Gobillon, Laurent; Selod, Harris; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
Since the 1950s, there has been a steady decentralization of entry-level jobs towards the suburbs of American cities, while racial minorities — and particularly blacks — have remained in city centres. In this context, the spatial mismatch hypothesis argues that because the residential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661813
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Credit Standards and Segregation
Ouazad, Amine; Rancière, Romain - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
How do credit standards on the mortgage market affect neighbourhood choice and the resulting level of urban segregation … relaxation of credit standards can either increase or decrease segregation, depending on racial income gaps and on races …-2006 mortgage credit boom on the level of school segregation. Census tract racial composition is strongly correlated with the racial …
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Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties
Picard, Pierre M; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition the majority group resides close to the job center while the minority group lives far away from it. Even though the...
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The Tower of Babel in the Classroom: Immigrants and Natives in Italian Schools
Ballatore, Rosario Maria; Fort, Margherita; Ichino, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect of increasing the number of immigrants in a classroom on natives test scores, keeping class size constant (Pure Composition Effect). We explain why this is a relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. We show...
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Bridges or Buffers? Motives behind Immigrants’ Religiosity - A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Abstract: This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive –...
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Intermittent Employment: Work Histories of Israeli Men and Women, 1983-1995
Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This study examines the extent, duration and timing of employment breaks amongst a large representative sample of Jewish workers in Israel over the 13-year time period, 1983-95. Work histories are constructed from a new joint database, unique in Israel, which was derived from a linkage of 1995...
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The Extra Burden of Moslem Wives: Clues from Israeli Women's Labour Supply
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper examines differences in the labour supply of women of different religions in Israel. We estimate religious differentials in the effect of husband’s income, number of children, education, and age on married women’s labour supply. It is suggested that labour supply patterns of wives...
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