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Country of Origin, Earnings Convergence, and Human Capital Investment : A New Method for the Analysis of U.S. Immigrant Economic Assimilation
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Liu, Xingfei; Regets, Mark C. - 2021
The initial earnings of U.S. immigrants vary enormously by country of origin. Via three interrelated analyses, we show earnings convergence across source countries with time in the United States Human-capital theory plausibly explains the inverse relationship between initial earnings and...
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Chapter 10. Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions
Lewis, Ethan; Peri, Giovanni - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 625-685). 2015
labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025309
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Country of origin and immigrant earnings,1960-2000 : a human capital investment perspective
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Liu, Xingfei; Regets, Marc - 2014
Using microdata from the 1960-2000 decennial censuses, this paper explores how large initial differences in immigrant earnings by country of origin change with duration in the United States. One analysis reveals that country of origin adds less to the explanation of earnings, among working-age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434496
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Country of origin, earnings convergence, and human capital investment : a new method for the analysis of U.S. immigrant economic assimilation
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Liu, Xingfei; Regets, Mark C. - 2018
The initial earnings of U.S. immigrants vary enormously by country of origin. Via three interrelated analyses, we show earnings convergence across source countries with time in the United States. Human-capital theory plausibly explains the inverse relationship between initial earnings and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130585
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De facto immigration enforcement, ICE raid awareness, and worker engagement
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Antman, Francisca M. - 2021
We explore whether fear of apprehension affects immigrants' labor market engagement by examining how ICE removals due to immigration violations and increased awareness of immigration raids impact their labor market outcomes. We find that ICE deportations are associated with reductions in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604158
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How the earnings growth of U.S. immigrants was underestimated
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Liu, Xingfei; Regets, Mark C. - 2021
Two radically different descriptions of immigrant earnings trajectories in the U.S. have emerged. One asserts that immigrant men following the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act have low initial earnings and high earnings growth. Another asserts that post-1965 immigrants have low initial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500969
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Country of Origin and Immigrant Earnings, 1960-2000 : A Human Capital Investment Perspective
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt - 2014
Using microdata from the 1960-2000 decennial censuses, this paper explores how large initial differences in immigrant earnings by country of origin change with duration in the United States. One analysis reveals that country of origin adds less to the explanation of earnings, among working-age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043685
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English language premium in a marriage market : experimental evidence from Delhi
Miyamoto, Tomohisa; Bedi, Arjun Singh - 2024
conducted on a matrimonial website, to examine returns to English language skills for females in a marriage market in Delhi …. Indicating strong English language skills in a marriage profile increases the number of views and interests received by 20% and … English language proficiency expands the set of potential marriage partners and may help promote inter-caste alliances. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015075913
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The decision to work by married immigrant women : the role of extended family households
Antecol, Heather (contributor); Bedard, Kelly (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We find differential rates of cohabitation with adult relatives as well as differential impacts of that cohabitation on the probability of employment for married female immigrants across regions of origin. This suggests that traditions and/or cultural determinants of family structure influence...
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Migration to the Us and Marital Mobility
Christopoulou, Rebekka - 2013
estimate the causal effect of migration on educational mobility through cross-national marriage. To control for selective … migration and marriage dampens down these effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074916