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an indicator of social integration. Intermarried immigrant men are on average better educated and work in better paid … country and provide business contacts. However, intermarriage may not be the driving factor of economic success but instead be … likelihood of meeting natives. Intermarriage might also be more "suspense-packed" (positively and negatively) and can thus be …
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beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …
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regard to marriage we focus on the determinants of intermarriage, the stability of these unions, and the timing of union … formation. Marriage propensities are embedded in the cultural background of migrants and, hence, the capacity to form and … maintain exogamous unions (between a foreign- and a native-born) can be interpreted as a strong sign of successful integration …
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Billions of women still face legal barriers to economic inclusion, yet it is unclear whether lifting these barriers is sufficient to enhance their economic participation. We conduct a field experiment to quantify the impact of a major legal reform - the lifting of the Saudi women's driving ban -...
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higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare …
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What is the role of married women in immigrant households? Their contribution to the labor market has traditionally been considered of secondary importance and studied in the framework of temporary attachment to the labor force to support the household around the time of arrival. But this role...
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This chapter explores immigrant labor market adjustment by first describing methodological and theoretical considerations central to the analysis of earnings growth and occupational mobility. When no restrictions are placed on entry earnings or earnings growth, an inverse relationship between...
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