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The relationship between early-life conditions in the home country and adult outcomes among child immigrants in the United States

Gevrek, Deniz; Gevrek, Z. Eylem; Guven, Cahit - 2020

Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study. Our sample consists of children from 39 countries who were brought to the United …We examine the impact of health and economic conditions at birth on the adult outcomes of child immigrants using the … completion effect. Our results cannot be explained by selection on observables: the pre-migration characteristics of children and …

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How do the foreign-born perform in inventive activity? : evidence from Sweden

Zheng, Yannu; Ejermo, Olof - In: Journal of population economics 28 (2015) 3, pp. 659-695

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Benefits of Education at the Intensive Margin : Childhood Academic Performance and Adult Outcomes Among American Immigrants

Gevrek, Deniz - 2014

Using the Children of the Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), we examine the association between education at the … evidence that the academic achievement of immigrant children in early adolescence is an accurate predictor of later life … outcomes.We also examine a novel hypothesis that relative academic performance of immigrant children in high school compared to …

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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes

Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - 2012

A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children …

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Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes

Heckman, James J. - 2012

A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children …

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Liberalization of European migration and the immigration of skilled people to Sweden

Ejermo, Olof; Zheng, Yannu - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 5, pp. 1-25

Migration policies can have a strong impact on the selection of immigrants, who in turn can affect the host country …'s innovation development. This paper examines the effects of the liberalization of migration on the skill composition of immigrants … immigrants' education levels and probability of becoming an inventor, comparing immigrants from the EU-15 with those from other …

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Liberalization of European migration and the immigration of skilled people to Sweden

Ejermo, Olof; Zheng, Yannu - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 5, pp. 1-25

Migration policies can have a strong impact on the selection of immigrants, who in turn can affect the host country …’s innovation development. This paper examines the effects of the liberalization of migration on the skill composition of immigrants … immigrants’ education levels and probability of becoming an inventor, comparing immigrants from the EU-15 with those from other …

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