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Racial harassment, ethnic concentration and economic conditions
Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca; Preston, Ian - 2010
In this paper, we analyse the association between spatial concentration of ethnic minorities, and racial harassment. Ethnic concentration relates to racial harassment through at least three channels: hostility in attitudes of majority individuals that find expression in harassment behaviour, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003958857
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On the dynamics of segregation
Dahlberg, Matz; Fredriksson, Peter; Jofre-Monseny, Jordi - 2011 - Work in progress.
Card et al (2008a) formalize a model of ethnic residential segregation where an ethnically mixed neighborhood is … individuals and by individuals with kids, suggesting that tipping behavior may increase segregation of whites in a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508664
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Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration and Economic Conditions
Dustmann, Christian - 2010
In this paper, we analyse the association between spatial concentration of ethnic minorities, and racial harassment. Ethnic concentration relates to racial harassment through at least three channels: hostility in attitudes of majority individuals that find expression in harassment behaviour, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144395
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Ethnic Spatial Dispersion and Immigrant Identity
Constant, Amelie F. - 2014
Ethnic groups tend to agglomerate and assemble, mostly in urban areas. While ethnic clustering is critically debated in societies and the consequences for economic outcomes are under debate in research, the process is not yet well understood. A separate literature has also examined the cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061052
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Racial Harassment, Ethnic Concentration and Economic Conditions
Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca; Preston, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In this paper, we analyse the association between spatial concentration of ethnic minorities, and racial harassment. Ethnic concentration relates to racial harassment through at least three channels: hostility in attitudes of majority individuals that find expression in harassment behaviour, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536015
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Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the UK
Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca - 2000
This paper uses two recent UK surveys to investigate labour market performance, the determinants of language proficiency, and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non-white immigrants. Our results show that language acquisition, employment probabilities, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262366
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Language proficiency and labour market performance of immigrants in the UK
Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca - 2000
This paper uses two recent UK surveys to investigate labour market performance, the determinants of language proficiency, and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non-white immigrants. Our results show that language acquisition, employment probabilities, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333280
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EthniCity of leisure : a domains approach to ethnic integration during free time activities
Kamenik, Kristiina; Tammaru, Tiit; Ham, Maarten van - 2016
This paper takes a domains approach to understanding ethnic segregation; ethnic segregation occurs in different ways in … segregation, this study focusses on ethnic segregation during leisure time. We investigate the most common leisure time activities … and out-of-workplace. Conceptually we link leisure time segregation both with residential and workplace segregation, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523173
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Ethnic concentration and extreme right-wing voting behavior in West Germany
Dill, Verena - 2013
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and administrative data from 1996 to 2009, I investigate the question whether or not right-wing extremism of German residents is affected by the ethnic concentration of foreigners living in the same residential area. My results show a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775716
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Racial Enclaves and Density Zoning : The Institutionalized Segregation of Racial Minorities in the United States
Rothwell, Jonathan T. - 2010
This paper attempts to explain two basic facts of segregation in the United States in recent decades. The segregation … of blacks remains everywhere higher than the segregation of Latinos and Asians, but the levels are converging. Previous … institutional force: local land regulation. Zoning increases inter-jurisdictional inequality and economic segregation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216538