In injury and death cases in some jurisdictions, the economic valuations of the lost earnings of foreign born migrant workers are based on the wages the individuals would have been expected to earn while working in the U.S. had they not been injured or killed. In these instances, estimating the...

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...

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...