Diversity and Employment Prospects: Neighbors Matter!
Camille Hémet
(1, 2, 3)
,
Clément Malgouyres
(4)
Camille Hémet
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- IdHAL : camille-hemet
- ORCID : 0000-0002-3375-2204
Clément Malgouyres
- Fonction : Auteur
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Résumé
Using recent data from the French Labor Force Survey, this paper explores how diversity affects individuals’ employment prospects at various geographic levels. Employment correlates positively with local labor market diversity, but negatively with neighborhood diversity. Using several approaches to deal with the endogeneity of local labor market diversity, we do not find any robust evidence of a causal impact of diversity on employment at this rather aggregate level, suggesting that immigrants actually tend to self-select into more economically dynamic areas. However, taking advantage of the very precise localization of the data in order to correct biases related to residential sorting, we confirm a negative effect of neighborhood diversity. We also show that diversity in terms of nationalities matters more than diversity based on parents’ origins, giving insights on the underlying mechanisms.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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Diversity and Employment Prospects: Neighbors Matter!
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Résumé |
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Using recent data from the French Labor Force Survey, this paper explores how diversity affects individuals’ employment prospects at various geographic levels. Employment correlates positively with local labor market diversity, but negatively with neighborhood diversity. Using several approaches to deal with the endogeneity of local labor market diversity, we do not find any robust evidence of a causal impact of diversity on employment at this rather aggregate level, suggesting that immigrants actually tend to self-select into more economically dynamic areas. However, taking advantage of the very precise localization of the data in order to correct biases related to residential sorting, we confirm a negative effect of neighborhood diversity. We also show that diversity in terms of nationalities matters more than diversity based on parents’ origins, giving insights on the underlying mechanisms.
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Auteur(s) |
Camille Hémet
1, 2, 3
, Clément Malgouyres
4
1
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 1171428 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
2
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
CEPR -
Center for Economic Policy Research
( 143559 )
- Royaume-Uni
4
Centre de recherche de la Banque de France
( 171776 )
- 31 rue Croix des petits champs 75001 PARIS - France
- France
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2018-08
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Volume |
53
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Numéro |
3
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Page/Identifiant |
825-858
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Mots-clés (JEL) |
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Mots-clés |
en
diversity, employment, neighborhood effects
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