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assimilation of language minorities into the city majority language. We show that official minority members (i.e. francophones in …, the language composition of cities is shown to be an important determinant of assimilation both for allophones and for … official minorities. Finally, we show that assimilation into French in French-majority cities is lower than assimilation into …
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Javier Ortega and Gregory Verdugo look at the drivers of language assimilation in the English- and French …
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following the stereotypical immigrant path of economic and cultural assimilation into British society. Indeed, many seem to have …
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This paper investigates the impact of immigration on the probability of being in social housing in the UK. In recent years immigrant households are slightly more likely than natives to be in social housing but once one controls for relevant household characteristics immigrants are significantly...
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Although most UK immigrants are likely to be eligible to apply for social housing, there is no evidence that they have preferential access - if anything the reverse seems to have been the case. But it does seem that there is less discrimination against immigrants and ethnic minorities now than...
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The ¿beneficial brain drain¿ hypothesis suggests that skilled migration can be good for a sending countrybecause the incentives it creates for training increase that country¿s supply of skilled labour. To work, thishypothesis requires that the degree of screening of migrants by the host...
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background. But, central to such a discussion is the pace of cultural assimilation among immigrants - this under-researched topic … the UK, the more likely it is that they do. This process of assimilation is faster for those from poorer and less …
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migrant women just 4-6 years. Different nationalities experience different rates of assimilation, with Europeans catching up …
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This paper estimates the impact of recorded domestic property crime on property prices in the London area. Crimes in the Criminal Damage category have a significant negative impact on prices. Burglaries have no measurable impact on prices, even after allowing for the potential dependence of...
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This paper offers a critical appraisal of the now sizable empirical literature that values school quality and performance through housing valuations. This literature consistently finds housing valuations to be significantly higher in places where measured school quality is higher, implying a...
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