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New evidence on son preference among immigrant households in the United States

Duan, Huiqiong; Hicks, Daniel L. - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/14, pp. 1-28

This paper provides new evidence on the acquisition and persistence of child gender preference among immigrant populations in the United States using Census and American Community Survey data. We first confirm the existing evidence of son preference among immigrant populations from South East...

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The effect of education on teenage fertility : causal evidence for Argentina

Alzúa, María Laura; Velázquez, Cecilia - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 7 (2017) 7, pp. 1-28

This is the first study exploring the causal effect of education on teenage fertility in Argentina. We exploit an … 7 to 10 years. We find a negative overall impact of education on teenage fertility rates, which operates through two …

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The effect of immigration shocks on native fertility outcomes : evidence from a natural experiment

Seah, Kelvin K. C. - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 18, pp. 1-34

This paper investigates whether immigration shocks have a causal effect on native fertility patterns. It uses a natural … examine the fertility consequences for non-Cuban Miami women. Using a synthetic control estimator and an extended individual …, though short-lived, impact on the fertility of Miami women. In addition, fertility effects are found to vary by homeownership …

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Ethnic identity and scholastic effort : a multifaceted approach

Autiero, Giuseppina - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 7 (2017) 2, pp. 1-13

When one analyses the influence of social identity on scholastic effort, ethnic identity largely contributes to determine it. In this paper, ethnic identity is meant as the attachment to one’s cultural heritage and the adaptation to host societies; this allows considering how conflicting...

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Effect of actual and perceived violence on internal migration : evidence from Mexico's drug war

Fernández Domínguez, Amilcar O. - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/8, pp. 1-27

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), violence should be considered by examining both actual and perceived crime. However, the studies related to violence and internal migration under the Mexican drug war episode focus only on one aspect of violence...

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Word to the mother(tongue) : language access and Medicaid for Limited English Proficient migrants

Liou, Wayne - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 23, pp. 1-17

Limited language proficiency among migrants has been shown to limit migrants from various aspects of everyday life, from the labor market to government services. In the USA, language access laws have been enacted to help provide Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals and households access...

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Migration, cultural identity and diasporas : an identity economics approach

Prinz, Aloys; Siegel, Melissa - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 10 (2019) 1/1, pp. 1-20

Besides effects on economic well-being, migration of people with distant cultural backgrounds may also have large effects on people’s cultural identity. In this paper, the identity economics of Akerlof and Kranton (2000) is applied to migration. Accordingly, it is assumed that the utility of...

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Asymmetric information and the discount on foreign-acquired degrees in Canada

Aydede, Yigit; Dar, Atul A. - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 10 (2019) 1/2, pp. 1-22

A growing wage gap between immigrant and native-born workers is well documented and is a fundamental policy issue in Canada. It is quite possible that wage differences, commonly attributed to the lower quality of foreign credentials or the deficiency in the accreditation of these credentials,...

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Immigration and the rate of population mixing : explorations with a stylized model

Denton, Frank Trevor; Spencer, Byron Grant - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 7 (2017) 13, pp. 1-15

The integration or mixing of immigrants with non-immigrants is an important issue in many countries. There are various forms of mixing. We consider here cross-parenting, the bearing of children with one immigrant parent and one non-immigrant. Our objective is to model cross-parenting as a...

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International students, immigration and earnings growth : the effect of a pre-immigration host-country university education

Hou, Feng; Lu, Yuqian - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 7 (2017) 5, pp. 1-24

While destination-country education provides many potential advantages for immigrants, empirical studies in Australia, Canada and the USA have produced mixed results on the labour outcomes of immigrants who are former international students. This study uses large national longitudinal datasets...

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