Antecol, Heather; Bedard, Kelly - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 271-314). 2015
Using the National Health Interview Survey (1989–2011), we document the Healthy Immigrant Effect (HIE)—immigrants are in better health upon arrival in the United States than their native counterparts, but this health advantage erodes over time—irrespective of the health measure,...