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Immigration, diversity and the labour market outcomes of native workers: some recent developments
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
addressed the questions whether and how immigration affects native workers’ labour market outcomes. In particular, it discusses …: the distinction between the displacement, productivity and amenity effects of immigration; the issues that arise in using … wage changes to identify those effects; and the problem of assessing a causal link from immigration to natives’ labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126333
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First-come first-served: identifying the demand effect of immigration inflows on house prices
Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
supply conditions. Previous research on the effect of immigration on local house prices has argued that the impact of … apply it to Spanish data during the period 2002-2010 and I show that overlooking the impact of immigration on native …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126580
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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744907
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On the relative gains to immigration: a comparison of the labour market position of Indians in the USA, the UK and India
De Coulon, Augustin; Wadsworth, Jonathan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
While most studies of the decision to immigrate focus on the absolute income differences between countries, we argue that relative change in purchasing power or status, as captured by an individual’s ranking in the wage distribution, may also be important. This will in turn be influenced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745393
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Change and continuity among minority communities in Britain
Georgiadis, Andreas; Manning, Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
There is widespread concern currently that some ethnic minority communities within Britain, especially Muslim, are not following the stereotypical immigrant path of economic and cultural assimilation into British society. Indeed, many seem to have the impression that differences between Muslims...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746409
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Culture clash or culture club? The identity and attitudes of immigrants in Britain
Manning, Alan; Roy, Sanchari - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
). This might have consequences for immigration policy – how many immigrants to allow into a country and from what cultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746628
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From Russia with love: the impact of relocated firms on incumbent survival
Falck, Oliver; Guenther, Christina; Heblich, Stephan; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet occupied zone to prevent expropriation. We show that the regional location decisions...
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City of dreams
De la Roca, Jorge; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Puga, Diego - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Higher ability workers benefit more from bigger cities while housing costs there are higher for everyone, and yet there is little sorting on ability. A possible explanation is that young individuals have an imperfect assessment of their ability, and, when they learn about it, early decisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126686
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Mountains in a flat world: why proximity still matters for the location of economic activity
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Crescenzi, Riccardo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
Thomas Friedman (2005, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) argues that the expansion of trade, the internationalization of firms, the galloping process of outsourcing and the possibility of networking are creating a ‘flat...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071367
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Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator
Gordon, Ian R. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high-order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by A. J. Fielding. It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125904