Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Moriarty, Joan Y.; … - 2021
We use Census of Population microdata for 1980 and 1990 to examine the labor supply and wages of immigrant husbands and … model in which, upon arrival, immigrant husbands invest in their human capital while immigrant wives work to provide the … family with liquidity during this period. Consistent with this model, they find for Canada that immigrant wives work longer …