We study the earnings of Mexican immigrants in their traditional and newer destinations in the US. Analysis based on longitudinal data suggests that during 2001-2009, the real wage of Mexican immigrants increased 1-2% a year at the traditional destinations, but remained mostly statistically...

We study the earnings of Mexican immigrants in their traditional and newer destinations in the US. Analysis based on longitudinal data suggests that during 2001-2009, the real wage of Mexican immigrants increased 1-2% a year at the traditional destinations, but remained mostly statistically...

We study the earnings of Mexican immigrants in their traditional and newer destinations in the US. Analysis based on longitudinal data suggests that during 2001-2009, the real wage of Mexican immigrants increased 1-2% a year at the traditional destinations, but remained mostly statistically...

This article employs the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 from 1997-2008, a 12-year panel to study smoking transitions among discrete categories defined in both intensity and frequency of smoking. We use the competing risk model to estimate effects of cigarette prices and smoke-free...

Although the price elasticity of cigarettes has been estimated using a variety of models and methods, few studies apply these methods to the same dataset and compare the estimates from alternative approaches. This paper employs the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 to provide the first...

Aims: Youth in the US use smokeless tobacco (SLT) and alcohol simultaneously to a high degree. Therefore, we investigate whether US youth consider smokeless tobacco (SLT) and alcohol as economic substitutes or complements using tax and non-tax price measures.Methods: Alcohol and SLT use among...