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natives and immigrants. Dahl and Moretti (2008) found earlier evidence consistent with son preference in that having a female … bargaining power. In contrast, some evidence for son preference in fertility persists among immigrants. Immigrant families that … significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For …
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The paper analyses the empirical relationship between immigrants and crime using panel data for 391 German … naturalized immigrants. We also take into account possible spillover effects of immigrants on criminal activities by Germans … instrumental variable approach that deals with the possibly endogenous allocation of immigrants and allows for causal …
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Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This …
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The association between occupational status and health has been taken to reveal the presence of health inequalities shaped by occupational status. However, that interpretation assumes no influence of health status in explaining occupational standing. This paper documents evidence of...
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influence of reading performance on math performance, highlighting the importance of early language support for immigrants for …
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We analyze differences in tax filing behavior between natives and immigrants using population-wide Swedish … behavior of immigrants and natives with the same commuting patterns within Sweden's largest commuting zone. We find that newly … arrived immigrants file fewer deductions than natives, that immigrants with a longer duration of stay in the host country …
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We develop and empirically test a theory concerning individual beliefs about whether immigrants should culturally … immigrant threat and, thus, affects individuals' beliefs about the need for immigrants' cultural assimilation. Empirical … national identity, first, exhibits a robustly negative effect on the strength of individual preferences in favor of immigrants …
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workers shows that our findings are consistent with white-collar immigrants capturing an informational rent. The evidence … activity. Second, we show that wages react to changes in export intensity when the export destination coincides with the origin …
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We study the extent and consequences of biases against immigrants exhibited by high school teachers in Finland …
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The vast literature on the effects of immigration on wages and employment is plagued by likely endogeneity and … unemployment and wages in aggregate analysis. We do find, however, evidence of distributional effects when accounting for human …
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