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The Transmission of Women's Fertility, Human Capital and Work Orientation Across Immigrant Generations

Blau, Francine D. - 2008

Using 1995-2011 Current Population Survey and 1970-2000 Census data, we find that the fertility, education and labor supply of second generation women (US-born women with at least one foreign-born parent) are significantly positively affected by the immigrant generation's levels of these...

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Changes in the Labor Supply Behavior of Married Women : 1980-2000

Blau, Francine D. - 2005

Using March Current Population Survey (CPS) data, we investigate married women's labor supply behavior from 1980 to 2000. We find that their labor supply function for annual hours shifted sharply to the right in the 1980s, with little shift in the 1990s. In an accounting sense, this is the major...

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Immigration and the Distribution of Incomes

Blau, Francine D. - 2012

We review research on the impact of immigration on income distribution. We discuss routes through which immigration can …. Immigration may affect the composition of skills among the residents of a country. Moreover, immigrants can, by changing relative … factor supplies, affect native wage and employment rates and the return to capital. We then provide evidence on the level and …

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Gender, Source Country Characteristics and Labor Market Assimilation Among Immigrants : 1980-2000

Blau, Francine D. - 2008

We use 1980, 1990 and 2000 Census data to study the impact of source country characteristics on the labor supply assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from countries where women have high relative labor force participation rates work substantially more...

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Female Labor Supply : Why is the US Falling Behind?

Blau, Francine D. - 2013

other countries. However, these policies also appear to encourage part-time work and employment in lower level positions: US …

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