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A "healthy immigrant effect" or a "sick immigrant effect"? : selection and policies matter
Constant, Amelie; García-Muñoz, Teresa M.; Neuman, … - 2015
An extensive body of research related to immigrants in a variety of countries has documented a "healthy immigrant effect" (HIE). When immigrants arrive in the host country they are healthier than comparable native populations, but their health status may deteriorate with additional years in the...
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Micro and macro determinants of health : older immigrants in Europe
Constant, Amelie; García-Muñoz, Teresa M.; Neuman, … - 2014
We study the health determinants of immigrant men and women over the age of fifty, in Europe, and compare them to natives. We utilize the unique Survey of Health Aging and Retirement (SHARE) and augmented it with macroeconomic information on the 22 home countries and 16 host countries. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463406
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Managing immigration in the 21st century
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2015
In this paper I share my thoughts on immigration policy. As a social scientist it is appropriate to assess the … consequences, the costs and benefits, of alternative immigration policies. The policies that a country adopts regarding immigration … research. What follows is a non-technical discussion of what I see as some of the key issues regarding immigration policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011383656
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A "healthy immigrant effect" or a "sick immigrant effect"? : selection and policies matter
Constant, Amelie; García-Muñoz, Teresa M.; Neuman, … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595787
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At home and abroad : US labor-market performance in international perspective
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001625835
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Wage inequality : international comparisons of its sources
Blau, Francine D. - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013538491
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High Skilled Immigration in the International Arena
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This conceptual paper, prepared for a United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Migration and Development, is concerned with the international mobility of high-skilled workers, previously referred to as the "brain drain". After discussing the historical background of high-skilled international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822208
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Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation among Immigrants: 1980-2000
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Papps, Kerry L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We use 1980, 1990 and 2000 Census data to study the impact of source country characteristics on the labor supply assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from countries where women have high relative labor force participation rates work substantially more...
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Substitution Between Individual and Source Country Characteristics: Social Capital, Culture, and US Labor Market Outcomes Among Immigrant Women
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence - CESifo - 2015
Using the New Immigrant Survey, we investigate the impact of immigrant women’s own labor supply prior to migrating and female labor supply in their source country on their labor supply and wages in the US. Women migrating from higher female labor supply countries work more in the US. Most of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257675
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Substitution Between Individual and Cultural Capital: Pre-Migration Labor Supply, Culture and US Labor Market Outcomes Among Immigrant Woman
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper we use New Immigrant Survey data to investigate the impact of immigrant women's own labor supply prior to migrating and female labor supply in their source country to provide evidence on the role of human capital and culture in affecting their labor supply and wages in the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225774