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Education-occupation mismatch and social networks for hispanics in the US : role of citizenship
Mundra, Kusum; Rios-Avila, Fernando - 2020
In this paper we examine the education and occupation mismatch for Hispanics in the US using a novel objective … larger social network helps Hispanics in finding jobs that better match with their skill and education levels or whether … living in areas with larger concentration of Hispanics leads to more competition for the same jobs in the labor market. Given …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177699
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Race, ethnicity and the dynamics of health insurance coverage
Fairlie, Robert W. (contributor);  … - 2008
Using matched data from the 1996 to 2004 Current Population Survey (CPS), we examine racial patterns in annual transitions into and out of health insurance coverage. We first decompose racial differences in static health insurance coverage rates into group differences in transition rates into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759015
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Latina entrepreneurship
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy Mason - 2009
the relative success of self-employed female Hispanics. To allow for a meaningful comparison of earnings between self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809043
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Are Hispanic immigrant families reviving the economies of America’s small towns?
Coates, Dennis; Gindling, Thomas - 2010
1970s and 1980s. -- Regional economic growth ; Hispanics ; migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003933583
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Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of drug therapy
Bowblis, John R.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2010
of depression, high cholesterol, and hypertension between Hispanics, non-Hispanic blacks, and non-Hispanics whites using … characteristics, while the sources of the utilization difference between the whites and Hispanics are split between the differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003947959
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Entrepreneurship and survival dynamics of immigrants to the US and their descendants
Georgarakos, Dimitris (contributor);  … - 2007
Many studies have explored the determinants of entering into entrepreneurship and the differences in self-employment rates across racial and ethnic groups. However, very little is known about the survival in entrepreneurship of immigrants to the U.S. and their descendants. Employing data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003595346
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Why are Hispanic and African-American dropout rates so high?
Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor) - 2007
groups, Hispanics and African-Americans, compared to non-Hispanic whites. In this paper we utilize unique student-level data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003672773
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Immigrants, English ability and the digital divide
Ono, Hiroshi (contributor); Zavodny, Madeline (contributor) - 2007
This study examines the extent and causes of inequalities in information technology (IT) ownership and use between natives and immigrants in the U.S., focusing on the role of English ability. The results indicate that, during the period 1997-2003, immigrants were significantly less likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003578891
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Dual citizenship rights: do they make more and better citizens?
Mazzolari, Francesca (contributor) - 2007
In the 1990s, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Brazil passed dual citizenship laws granting their expatriates the right to naturalize in the receiving country without losing their nationality of origin. I estimate the effects of these new laws on naturalization rates and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003539344
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An anatomy of racial and ethnic trends in male earnings
Winters, John V.; Hirsch, Barry T. - 2012
Progress in narrowing black-white earnings differences has been far from continuous, with some of the apparent progress resulting from labor force withdrawal among lower-skilled African Americans. This paper builds on prior research and documents racial and ethnic differences in male earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575143