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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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Immigration, naturalization, and the future of public education
Tanaka, Ryuichi; Farré, Lídia; Ortega, Francesc - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of immigration on the education system of the receiving country from a political … key moments of Spain's economy and education system in year 2008, the end of a large episode of immigration. By means of … simulations we evaluate the effects of immigration on the size and quality of Spain's public education. Our main findings are as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010386380
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Immigration and the political economy of public education : recent perspectives
Ortega, Francesc; Tanaka, Ryūichi - 2015
This paper reviews the recent literature on the effects of immigration on the public education of the host country … empirical studies, suggests the following conclusions. First, immigration has triggered native flight toward private schools in …-scale immigration is that it appears to undermine the political support for public education, resulting in a deterioration in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469673
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Does immigration improve quality of care in nursing homes?
Furtado, Delia; Ortega, Francesc - 2020
The growing healthcare needs of baby boomers require significant increases in the number or productivity of healthcare workers. This paper explores how immigrants may fill these gaps in nursing homes. First, we show that immigrant inflows are associated with reduced wages of lower skilled nurses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257822
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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
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822486
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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