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Title:The effect of co-ethnic social capital on immigrants' labor market integration : a natural experiment Author(s):GËRXHANI, Klarita
; KOSYAKOVA, YuliyaDate:2022Citation:
- Comparative migration studies, 2022, Vol. 10, Art. 15, OnlineOnly
Type:ArticleAbstract:Empirically identifying the causal effect of social capital on immigrants’ economic prospects is a challenging task due to the non-random residential sorting of immigrants into locations with greater opportunities for prior ...
; KOSYAKOVA, YuliyaDate:2022Citation:
Title:Handbook of sociological science : contributions to rigorous sociology Editor(s):GËRXHANI, Klarita; DE GRAAF, Nan Dirk; RAUB, WernerDate:2022Citation:
- Cheltenham ; Northampton : Edward Elgar, 2022, Research Handbooks in Sociology series
Type:BookAbstract:The Handbook of Sociological Science offers a refreshing, integrated perspective on research programs and ongoing developments in sociological science. It highlights key shared theoretical and methodological features, ...
; DE GRAAF, Nan Dirk; RAUB, WernerDate:2022Citation:
Title:'Diversifying' social investment : European welfare states and immigrant integration in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis Author(s):HEMERIJCK, Anton; PATUZZI, LiamDate:2021Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Migration Policy Institute Europe; Integration Futures Working Group Report; 2021Abstract:The COVID-19 pandemic has strengthened awareness of the importance of robust, well‑functioning welfare states in helping individuals, families, and communities weather external and unpredictable threats to their lives and ...
; PATUZZI, LiamDate:2021Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Migration Policy Institute Europe; Integration Futures Working Group Report; 2021Abstract:The COVID-19 pandemic has strengthened awareness of the importance of robust, well‑functioning welfare states in helping individuals, families, and communities weather external and unpredictable threats to their lives and ...
Title:Essays in macroeconomics Author(s):VARDISHVILI, OlikoDate:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:In the U.S., 40% of students drop out of college. While dropout decisions may constitute an efficient response to students' discovering their low academic ability, they may be inefficient if an able student drops out due ...
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Title:Education for all, graduation for some : trends and determinants of intergenerational educational inequality in sub-Saharan Africa Author(s):PLAVGO, Ilze Date:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:, while inequality in completing six or more grades largely persisted. Second, I investigate to what extent national contextual factors explain variation in educational inequality between countries and cohorts. Findings ...
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Title:Family matters : a sibling similarity approach to the study of intergenerational inequality in Germany Author(s):KRÖGER, Lea KatharinaDate:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:The intergenerational transmission of inequality is a research field that has sub-strands in several disciplines with findings that have consequences for the way we see and evaluate our society. Therefore, it is crucial ...
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Title:From diversity to mixing? : socioeconomic homophily in French desegregated middle schools Author(s):CHABOT, Timothée Pierre JulesDate:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Socioeconomic mixing at school is often considered to be a desirable objective, as it would reduce academic inequalities and help pacify inter-group relations. For this reason, socioeconomic segregation, understood as the ...
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Title:When opportunity doesn't knock : spatial inequality, the school-to-work transition and beyond Author(s):MORRIS, Katy Date:2021Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2021
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:Why do some young people make smooth transitions into the labour market while others do not? Sociological accounts typically view the risk of ‘bad beginnings’ in the labour market through a micro-macro framework: risk is ...
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Title:Education as an equalizer for human development? Author(s):BERNARDI, Fabrizio ; PLAVGO, Ilze Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:UNDP Background Paper; 2019/04Abstract:This paper examines the potential of education to act as the ‘great equalizer’ and reduce the negative effects of economic inequality on health and other social outcomes, such as crime, educational proficiency and, in ...
; PLAVGO, Ilze Date:2020Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:UNDP Background Paper; 2019/04Abstract:This paper examines the potential of education to act as the ‘great equalizer’ and reduce the negative effects of economic inequality on health and other social outcomes, such as crime, educational proficiency and, in ...