Family attachment and the decision to move by race
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African Americans show many characteristics that usually favor migration such as high unemployment, low rate of home ownership, low marriage rate and settlement in areas of high unemployment and hence move less than Americans. It is analyzed whether family ties can explain these remarkable differences across communities.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 2004
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Cities and cultures
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Cultural diversity across US cities is investigated to know whether it is associated with any effect on their productivity. It is found that wages and employment density of US born workers were systematically higher, ceteris paribus, in cities with richer linguistic diversity.
Publication Name: Journal of Urban Economics
Subject: Government
ISSN: 0094-1190
Year: 2005
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