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The earnings of immigrants and the quality adjustment of immigrant human capital

Sharaf, Mesbah - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-18

The quality dimension of immigrant human capital has received little attention in the economic assimilation literature. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how human capital acquired in different source countries may be adjusted according to its quality in the Canadian labor market....

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Minimum wages, earnings, and migration

Boffy-Ramirez, Ernest - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-24

Does increasing a state’s minimum wage induce migration into the state? Previous literature has shown mobility in response to welfare benefit differentials across states, yet few have examined the minimum wage as a cause of mobility. Focusing on low-skilled immigrants, this paper empirically...

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Intra-Household Insurance and the Intergenerational Transmission of Income Risk

Agostinelli, Francesco; Ferraro, Domenico; Qiu, Xincheng; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

not work at all, time spent with children, and child-related expenditures, we find that income risk impacts skill … childhood is hard--as available evidence suggests--uninsurable income risk can negatively impact the labor market prospects of …

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Better jobs and incomes in Bulgaria

Molnar, Margit - 2023

The shrinking number of workers due to smaller young cohorts entering the labour market and large-scale outward migration are undermining Bulgaria’s growth prospects, the sustainability of its social institutions and society more widely. Bulgaria needs to provide more support for families and...

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Dreaming of Leaving the Nest? Immigration Status and the Living Arrangements of DACAmented

Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea; Lonsky, Jakub - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

effects of DACA on income and employment outcomes. Lower rental costs (-3%) may have facilitated this transition into …

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Chapter 7. Immigrants and Demography : Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility

Adserà, Alícia; Ferrer, Ana - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 315-374). 2015

We discuss some of the data and methodological challenges to estimating trends in family formation and union dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examine the evidence collected from the main studies in the area. With regard to marriage we focus on the determinants of...

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Money or Time? Heterogeneous Effects of Unconditional Cash on Parental Investments

Shah, Hema; Gennetian, Lisa A.; Magnuson, Katherine A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Household time and money allocations in response to income support programs vary across diverse family circumstances … the cash transfer on net household income, earnings, and household expenditures were similar for families irrespective of … effect on child-focused expenditures. Marginal propensities to consume child-specific goods from different income sources …

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Unwarranted Racial Disparity in U.S. Foster Care Placement

Baron, E. Jason; Doyle, Joseph J.; Emanuel, Natalia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Black children in the U.S. are twice as likely as white children to spend time in foster care. Such racial disparities raise concerns of discrimination, but might also reflect differences in the underlying need for intervention. This paper estimates unwarranted disparities (UDs)--racial...

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Racial Discrimination in Child Protection

Baron, E. Jason; Doyle, Joseph J.; Emanuel, Natalia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Ten percent of Black children in the U.S. spend time in foster care--twice the rate of white children. We estimate unwarranted disparities in foster care placement decisions, adjusting for differences in the potential for future maltreatment by leveraging the quasi-random assignment of cases to...

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Measuring the cost of children : knowing the real cost of children is important for crafting better economic policy

Donni, Olivier - 2015

The cost of children is a critical parameter used in determining many economic policies. For instance, correctly setting the tax deduction for families with children requires assessing the true household cost of children. Evaluating child poverty at the individual level requires making a clear...

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