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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.
Houseworth, Christina A.; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2019
This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...
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Diasporas and conflict
Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016
We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544003
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Economic outcomes for transgender people and other gender minorities in the United States : first estimates from a nationally representative sample
Carpenter, Christopher; Lee, Maxine J.; Nettuno, Laura - 2022
the United States using nationally representative data from the Household Pulse Survey. We find that transgender women … assigned at birth. Our results demonstrate the precarious economic position of gender minority populations in America. …
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Are immigrant and minority homeownership rates gaining ground in the US?
Chakrabarty, Durba; Osei, Michael J.; Winters, John V.; … - 2017
relative to white non-Hispanic natives. Some other immigrant and minority groups also made gains relative to white non …
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Minority underrepresentation in U.S. cities
Ricca, Federico; Trebbi, Francesco - 2022
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Which Mexicans Are white? : enumerator-assigned race in the 1930 Census and the socioeconomic integration of Mexican Americans
Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2023
The authors explore unique complete-count data from the 1930 Census in which a respondent's race was assigned by enumerators and "Mexican" was one of the possible responses. Census enumerators frequently and selectively assigned a non-Mexican race - predominantly "white" - to U.S.-born...
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Please call me John : name choice and the assimilation of immigrants in the United States, 1900-1930
Carneiro, Pedro; Lee, Sokbae; Reis, Hugo - 2016
The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an American name within the first year of arrival....
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Changing ingroup boundaries: the effect of immigration on race relations in the US
Fouka, Vasiliki; Tabellini, Marco - 2021
outgroups? We introduce a conceptual framework of context-dependent categorization, in which exposure to one minority leads to … studying how Mexican immigration to the US affected White Americans' attitudes and behaviors towards Black Americans. We … combine survey and crime data with a difference-in-differences design and an instrumental variables strategy. Consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517506
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Mexican immigrants, the labor market and the current population survey : seasonality effects, framing effects, and sensitivity of results
Lozano, Fernando (contributor); Sorensen, Todd (contributor) - 2008
Survey Annual Demographic Files (March ADS) and the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Groups (ORGs). We use a … assimilation profiles. -- Immigration ; March CPS ; CPS outgoing rotations ; hours of work …
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Strike three : umpires' demand for discrimination
Parsons, Christopher A.; Sulaeman, Johan; Yates, Michael C. - 2008
measures of salary discrimination that adjust for measured productivity may be flawed. We derive the magnitude of the bias …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793465