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Economic Well-being and Anti-Semitic, Xenophobic, and Racist Attitudes in Germany

Mocan, Naci H.; Raschke, Christian - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

The fear and hatred of others who are different has economic consequences because such feelings are likely to translate into discrimination in labor, credit, housing, and other markets. The implications range from earnings inequality to intergenerational mobility. Using German data from various...

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The Effects of School Desegregation on Crime

Weiner, David A.; Lutz, Byron F.; Ludwig, Jens - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

One of the most striking features of crime in America is its disproportionate concentration in disadvantaged, racially segregated communities, which has long raised concern that segregation itself may contribute to criminal behavior. Yet little is known about whether government efforts to reduce...

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Employment in Black Urban Labor Markets: Problems and Solutions

Hellerstein, Judith K.; Neumark, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Blacks in the United States are poorer than whites and have much lower employment rates. "Place-based" policies seek to improve the labor markets in which blacks - especially low-income urban blacks - tend to reside. We first review the literature on spatial mismatch, which provides much of the...

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Enforcement and Immigrant Location Choice

Watson, Tara - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

This paper investigates the effect of local immigration enforcement regimes on the migration decisions of the foreign …

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Efficacy vs. Equity: What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?

Black, Sandra E.; Cortes, Kalena E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

College admissions officers face a rapidly changing policy environment where court decisions have limited the use of affirmative action. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that commonly used signals of college readiness, such as the SAT/ACTs, are subject to race and socioeconomic bias....

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The Return to English in a Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants and Native Israelis in Israel

Lang, Kevin; Siniver, Erez - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

We use a unique sample of Russian immigrants and natives in Israel to examine the return to English knowledge. In cross-section estimates there is a significant return to English knowledge for both immigrants and natives with high levels of education. Language acquisition is an important element...

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Acting White or Acting Black: Mixed-Race Adolescents' Identity and Behavior

Ruebeck, Christopher Spiegelman; Averett, Susan L.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

Although rates of interracial marriage are on the rise, we still know relatively little about the experiences of mixed-race adolescents. In this paper, we examine the identity and behavior of mixed-race (black and white) youth. We find that mixed-race youth adopt both types of behaviors -- those...

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Migration to the US and Marital Mobility

Christopoulou, Rebekka; Lillard, Dean R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

estimate the causal effect of migration on educational mobility through cross-national marriage. To control for selective …-age. To control for selective migration, we instrument the migration decision using inflows of immigrants to the US during … puberty and early adulthood. We find that migration causes men to marry up and women to marry down, but self-selection into …

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How Durable are Social Norms? Immigrant Trust and Generosity in 132 Countries

Helliwell, John F.; Wang, Shun; Xu, Jinwen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

especially affected by the low trust in their country of origin even after migration, while migrants from high-trust environments …

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"Sick of Local Government Corruption? Vote Islamic"

Henderson, J. Vernon; Kuncoro, Ari - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

Indonesia has a tradition of corruption among local officials who harass and collect bribes from firms. Corruption flourished in the Suharto, pre-democracy era. This paper asks whether local democratization that occurred after Suharto reduced corruption and whether specific local politics, over...

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