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Minimum wages and the health and access to care of immigrants' children

Averett, Susan; Smith, Julie K.; Yang Wang - 2019

States are increasingly resorting to raising the minimum wage to boost the earnings of those at the bottom of the income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of the children of immigrants. Their parents are disproportionately represented in...

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Impact of early childcare on immigrant children's educational performance

Corazzini, Luca; Meschi, Elena; Pavese, Caterina - 2019

This paper investigates the impact of attending early childcare on second generation immigrant children's cognitive … attendance differs between native and immigrant children. Although we find no effects for Italian children, our estimates show a … positive and significant effect on literacy test scores for immigrant children of low educated mothers, which suggests that …

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Growing up in ethnic enclaves: Language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host … exposure to a higher own-ethnic concentration impairs immigrant children's host-country language proficiency and increases …

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Growing up in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment of Immigrant Children

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children’s acquisition of host … exposure to a higher own-ethnic concentration impairs immigrant children’s host-country language proficiency and increases …

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Growing Up in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment of Immigrant Children

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018

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Growing Up in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment of Immigrant Children

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children\'s acquisition of host … exposure to a higher own-ethnic concentration impairs immigrant children\'s host-country language proficiency and increases …

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