, such as the puzzle of immigrant advantage which finds that Hispanic immigrants sometimes have better health than U …, is sizable and selective on health, making subsequent generations of Mexican immigrants appear less healthy than they … actually are. Consequently, conventional estimates of health disparities between Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites as …

capital, health, is also largely transmitted from generation to generation, contributing to limited socio-economic mobility …. Using data from the NLSY, we first present new evidence on intergenerational transmission of health outcomes in the U … native and immigrant children inherit a prominent fraction of their health status from their parents, and that, on average …

This article examines the long term physical and mental health effects of internal migration focusing on a relatively … migration effect among early-cohort females on physical health. We find no evidence of migration-health effects for the later … effects and find that there is a significant and substantial improvement in physical and mental health for a fraction of …