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Immigrant Age at Arrival and the Intergenerational Transmission of Ethnic Identification among Mexican Americans

Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Many U.S.-born descendants of Mexican immigrants do not identify as Mexican or Hispanic in response to the Hispanic …-2019 American Community Surveys, we show that the age at arrival of Mexican immigrants exerts an important influence on ethnic … identification not only for these immigrants but also for their U.S.-born children. Among Mexican immigrants who arrived as children …

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Ethnic Identity and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment : Evidence from Proposition 187

Antman, Francisca M.; Duncan, Brian - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

specifically, Mexican. Linking data on self-reported ethnicity, ancestry, and parental place of birth with county-level voter … support for Proposition 187, we show that individuals with stronger ties to Mexican ancestry or parentage are less likely to … identify ethnically as Mexican in response to support for Proposition 187, just as individuals with weaker ties to Mexican …

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Passing as White : Racial Identity and Old-Age Longevity

Noghanibehambari, Hamid; Fletcher, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

In the presence of segregation and discrimination during the late 19th and early 20th century, many African American men changed their racial identity and "passed" for white. Previous studies have suggested that this activity was associated with increases in income and socioeconomic status...

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How Good are Proxies for Legal Status? : Evidence from the Legalization of Two Million Mexicans

Cascio, Elizabeth U.; Lewis, Ethan; Zhang, Chengguo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

comparison groups of Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic Blacks, respectively. In contrast, an actual measure of status …

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The "College Gap" in Marriage and Children's Family Structure

Kearney, Melissa Schettini - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

The share of children living in a two-parent family has declined sharply in the past 40 years, driven by a decline in marriage among parents without a four-year college degree. This paper presents a number of facts about these trends, drawing on US Census data, the Current Population Survey, the...

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Political Foundations of Racial Violence in the Post-Reconstruction South

Testa, Patrick A.; Williams, Jhacova A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Election results act as powerful signals, shaping social behavior in ways that can be dramatic and even violent. This paper shows how racial violence in the post-Reconstruction U.S. South was tied to the local performance of the anti-Black Democratic Party in presidential elections. Using a...

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Racial Disparities in the Income Tax Treatment of Marriage

Holtzblatt, Janet; Joshi, Swati; Cahill, Nora R.; Gale, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Although it is generally blind with respect to race, the federal individual income tax can create racial disparities when factors that affect tax liability are associated with race. We provide new evidence on racial differences in marriage penalties and bonuses in the income tax, using data from...

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The Long Road to Equality : Racial Capital and Generational Convergence

Bayer, Patrick J.; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Park, JoonYup - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

We introduce the concept of racial capital, defined as the collective material and non- material assets of the racial groups to which a child is exposed while growing up, and examine its potential to explain racial disparities in life outcomes that persist even after accounting for a broad range...

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What Explains Growing Gender and Racial Education Gaps?

Eḳshṭain, Tsevi; Keane, Michael P.; Lifshitz, Osnat - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

In the 1960 cohort, American men and women graduated from college at similar rates, and this was true for Whites, Blacks and Hispanics. But in more recent cohorts, women graduate at much higher rates than men. Gaps between race/ethnic groups have also widened. To understand these patterns, we...

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Hispanic Americans in the Labor Market : Patterns Over Time and Across Generations

Antman, Francisca M.; Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This article reviews evidence on the labor market performance of Hispanics in the United States, with a particular focus on the US-born segment of this population. After discussing critical issues that arise in the US data sources commonly used to study Hispanics, we document how Hispanics...

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