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Age at migration and social integration
Aslund, Olof; Bohlmark, Anders; Skans, Oskar Nordstrom - 2009
The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the …, which implies that the outcomes of the social integration process are inherited. Inherited integration has a particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532679
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Age at migration and social integration
Skans, Oskar Nordström; Aslund, Olof; Bohlmark, Anders - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2009
The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the …, which implies that the outcomes of the social integration process are inherited. Inherited integration has a particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317958
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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2012
probability of finding a job through social networks, relative to other search methods. Using individual-level data from the UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532832
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Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2012
probability of finding a job through social networks, relative to other search methods. Using individual-level data from the UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009415373
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Employment and Earning Gaps in the Early Career of Ethnic Minority British Graduates: the Importance of University Choice, Parental Background and Area Characteristics
Zwysen, Wouter; Longhi, Simonetta - 2016
We compare employment and earnings of British graduates belonging to ethnic minorities to those of white British six months and three and a half years after graduation. Six months after graduation all ethnic minority graduates are less likely than whites to be employed but those who have a job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532936
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The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013
We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009-2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532998
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Revealing Stereotypes: Evidence from Immigrants in Schools
Alesina, Alberto; Carlana, Michela; Ferrara, Eliana La; … - 2018
If individuals become aware of their stereotypes, do they change their behavior? We study this question in the context of teachers' bias in grading immigrants and native children in middle schools. Teachers give lower grades to immigrant students compared to natives who have the same performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533066
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The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2013
We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009-2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603516
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Networks in the Diaspora
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler (Cohen), Odelia - 2016
international trade between the different countries, depending on the types of networks formed. We present possible applications of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533131
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Cultural Diversity - A Matter of Measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2015
measuring spatial dependence, particularly in the form of segregation or clusters. We conclude that there will be in the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532749