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Implicit Racial Bias Affects Risk Preferences

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:30:06 +0000

Discrimination is difficult to notice, as it often takes place in everyday situations, such as during job applications or apartment searches. To test this, we ran an online experiment that transformed decision-making into a game-like experience to capture the behavior of ordinary people. What we found striking was that people’s

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Can You Write a Paper in a Day?

Didier Ruedin — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:50 +0000

In the spirit of a hackathon, we, a team of researchers, launched an ambitious project to write a complete academic paper in a day. While facing challenges such as time constraints as well as difficulties in collaborative simultaneous writing, by the end of the day, we kind of succeeded in

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La participation électorale des résident⸱e⸱s étranger⸱ère⸱s

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 15 May 2024 07:49:37 +0000

L’un des principes des démocraties modernes est que la population peut participer à la prise de décision par le biais d’élections. Dans nombre de villes et régions, le droit de vote sur le plan local a été étendu aux résident⸱e⸱s étranger⸱ère⸱s dans le but de renforcer la légitimité de la

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We Know a Lot About Ukrainian Refugees

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 08:30:52 +0000

Russia’s ‘22 invasion of Ukraine has led to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, with millions of Ukrainians seeking refuge abroad. While international efforts have tried to support the displaced, the scale of migration presents many challenges for host countries. In this context, many social scientists have sought to analyze the situation.

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Departure for the Promised Land? Unmet Expectations of Immigrants and Their Consequences

Didier Ruedin — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:03:24 +0000

The future looked bright when Jennifer moved to Switzerland for her new job over a year ago. And yet, here she was, sitting at the kitchen table, frustrated by the events of the past week, not getting the promotion she was promised, and no one turning up for her birthday

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Tracking the Movements of Expatriates

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 07:30:19 +0000

Globalization and intense global competition for highly-educated workers (expatriates) are drawing attention to their international mobility in OECD countries. However, the collection of international migration data lags behind, resulting in inconsistent and confusing estimates of expatriates worldwide. Tracking the real-time movements of this population has become increasingly challenging, leading to

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Diskriminierung im Wohnungsmarkt als struktureller Rassismus

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 10 May 2023 07:30:41 +0000

Wir haben ein wissenschaftliches Experiment im Schweizer Wohnungsmarkt durchgeführt. Dieses zeigt auf, dass Personen mit türkischen oder kosovo-albanischen Namen seltener zu Besichtigungsterminen eingeladen werden als Personen ohne solche Namen. Die Betroffenen erleben strukturellen Rassismus aufgrund ihrer Herkunft und werden auf der Suche nach einer Wohnung benachteiligt. Sowohl Shqipe als auch

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Comment les urgences de santé publique précédentes peuvent-elles nous aider à comprendre les restrictions de voyage liées au COVID-19 ?

Didier Ruedin — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:00:35 +0000

Avant même le début de la pandémie de COVID-19, les recherches sur les restrictions à la mobilité dans le contexte des urgences de santé publique avaient déjà mis en évidence quelques informations clés. Nous savons, par exemple, que les restrictions de voyage sont motivées par des considérations épidémiologiques, diplomatiques et

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How Can Previous Public Health Emergencies Help Us Understand the COVID-19 Travel Restrictions?

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 13:37:10 +0000

Even before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, research on restrictions to mobility in the context of public health emergencies had already highlighted a few key insights. We know, for example, that travel restrictions are driven by epidemiological, diplomatic and economic considerations; they cause major disruptions; and different communities use

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How One Sporting Gesture Helped Curb Ethnic Discrimination

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 12:49:31 +0000

During the 90th minute of the 2018 World Cup, when there was a draw between Switzerland and Serbia, Xherdan Shaqiri scored for Switzerland. Emotions ran high as Shaqiri celebrated his goal with a gesture indicating a double eagle, similar to that gestured by another player Granit Xhaka earlier in the

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