quality on the immigrant selection process, rather than the quality of immigrants’ schooling per se, that is the major driver …

educational attainment of adults by immigrant generation. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data, differences in educational … attainment are analyzed by immigrant generation (first, second, and higher order generations), and among the foreign born by … attainment, with the gap narrowing for higher order immigrant generations among Hispanics, but rising among blacks …

their economic status with duration in the destination. This pattern has been found for all the immigrant receiving … also presented to test whether the findings are sensitive to immigrant cohort quality effects. Even after controlling for …

Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The analyses are conducted for all male native-born and immigrant workers in the US …

behavior of the foreign born within the context of an immigrant adjustment model based on the imperfect transferability of …

This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of immigrant/linguistic concentrations (enclaves). The … effect of concentrations on the immigrant?s language skills, as well as the effects on immigrant earnings of destination … adult male immigrants from non-English speaking countries. Linguistic concentrations reduce the immigrant's own English …