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Migration and Stratification
Jasso, Guillermina - 2011
cohort (made possible by the data for the first time since 1961), black immigration from Africa and the Americas, skin …, and that immigration, by introducing accomplished black immigrants from Africa (notably via the visa lottery), threatens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121336
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Teen Births Keep American Crime High
Hunt, Jennifer - 2003
assess to what extent lagged teen birth rates can explain why the United States had the highest developed country crime rates … in the 1980s, and why US rates subsequently fell so much. For this purpose, I use internationally comparable crime rates … measured from the 1989-2000 International Crime Victims Surveys. I find that an increase in the share of young people born to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262716
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Economic Uncertainty, Parental Selection, and the Criminal Activity of the 'Children of the Wall'
Chevalier, Arnaud - 2014
play important roles in the parental selection-crime of children relationship. Finally, results for siblings support a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061958
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Economic Conditions and Child Abuse
Lindo, Jason M. - 2013
Although a huge literature spanning several disciplines documents an association between poverty and child abuse, researchers have not found persuasive evidence that economic downturns increase abuse, despite their impacts on family income. In this paper, we address this seeming contradiction....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082753
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Violence, Development and Migration Waves : Evidence from Central American Child Migrant Apprehensions
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
A recent surge in child migration to the U.S. from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala has occurred in the context of high rates of regional violence. But little quantitative evidence exists on the causal relationship between violence and international emigration in this or any other region....
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More Benefits, Fewer Children : How Regularization Affects Immigrant Fertility
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Ibanez, Ana; Rozo, Sandra; … - 2023
How do policies that ease the integration of immigrants shape their fertility decisions? We use a panel survey of undocumented Venezuelan migrants in Colombia to compare the fertility decisions of households before and after the launch of an amnesty program that granted such migrants a labor...
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School Integration of Refugee Children : Evidence from the Largest Refugee Group in Any Country
Kïrdar, Murat G.; Koç, Īsmet; Dayioğlu, Meltem - 2022
Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is well-studied in the literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children many of whom live in low- or middle-income countries. This...
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Child Growth and Refugee Status : Evidence from Syrian Migrants in Turkey
Demirci, Murat; Foster, Andrew D.; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2022
This study examines disparities in health and nutrition among native and Syrian-refugee children in Turkey. With a view toward understanding the need for targeted programs addressing child well-being among the refugee population, we analyze, in particular, the Turkey Demographic and Health...
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The effect of childhood conduct disorder on human capital
Koning, Pierre; Webbink, Dinand; Vujić, Sunčica; … - 2010
This paper estimates the longer-term effects of childhood conduct disorder on human capital accumulation and violent and criminal behaviour later in life using data of Australian twins. We measure conduct disorder with a rich set of indicators based on diagnostic criteria from psychiatry. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277127
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Economic Conditions and Child Abuse
Lindo, Jason M.; Schaller, Jessamyn; Hansen, Benjamin - 2013
Although a huge literature spanning several disciplines documents an association between poverty and child abuse, researchers have not found persuasive evidence that economic downturns increase abuse, despite their impacts on family income. In this paper, we address this seeming contradiction....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319478