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Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties: European versus American Cities

Picard, Pierre M.; Zenou, Yves - 2015

We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and their social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition some individuals reside close to the job center while others live far away from it. Even though the two...

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Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties

Picard, Pierre; Zenou, Yves - 2015

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400636

Inter-ethnic friendship and hostility between Roma and non-Roma students in Hungary: The role of exposure and academic achievement

Hajdu, Tamás; Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2017

This study examines friendship and hostility relations between Roma students and the ethnically homogeneous non-Roma majority in Hungarian schools. Using data on friendship and hostility relations of 15-year-old students from 82 schools the study focuses on the interaction between exposure to...

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High-achieving minority students can have more friends and fewer adversaries: Evidence from Hungary

Hajdu, Tamás; Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2015

This study examines friendship and hostility relations between Roma students and the ethnically homogeneous non-Roma majority in Hungarian schools, where anti-Roma sentiments are strong. High-achieving Roma students have significantly more friends and fewer adversaries than low-achieving ones...

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Age at migration and social integration

Åslund, Olof; Böhlmark, Anders; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2009

The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the … host country before child birth matters, which implies that the outcomes of the social integration process are inherited …. Inherited integration has a particularly strong impact on the marriage patterns of females. …

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Age at migration and social integration

Åslund, Olof; Böhlmark, Anders; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 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/10010273949

The Formation of Migrant Networks

Comola, Margherita; Mendola, Mariapia - 2014

This paper provides the first direct evidence on the determinants of link formation among immigrants in the host society. We use a purposely-designed survey on a representative sample of Sri Lankan immigrants living in Milan to study how migrants form social links among them and the extent to...

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School Friendship Networks, Homophily and Multiculturalism: Evidence from European Countries

Campigotto, Nicola; Rapallini, Chiara; Rustichini, Aldo - 2020

This paper investigates the determinants of school friendship networks among adolescents, proposing a model of network …, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. We test the idea that networks arise according to homophily along many characteristics …

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The Slippery Slope from Pluralistic to Plural Societies

Campigotto, Nicola; Rapallini, Chiara; Rustichini, Aldo - 2021

examining school friendship networks in five European countries with recent immigration. Our results highlight the force of …

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Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship

Kerr, William R.; Mandorff, Martin - 2016

We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, the concentration of Korean self-employment in dry cleaners is 34 times greater than other immigrant groups, and...

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