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Subjective Well-being, Income, and Ethnicity in Slovakia

Želinský, Tomáš - 2021

well-being associated with a marginal increase in income is larger for poorer than for richer populations. This hypothesis … that the correlation between income and satisfaction is greater for the lower-income group (the Roma) than for the higher-income … group (majority population). Further, the correlation between income and emotional well-being does not differ between the …

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Self-Employment Differentials among Foreign-Born STEM and Non-STEM Workers

Cai, Zhengyu; Winters, John V. - 2017

This paper uses the American Community Survey to examine the previously overlooked fact that foreign STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) graduates have much lower self-employment rates than their non-STEM counterparts, with an unconditional difference of 3.3 percentage...

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Racial diversity, immigrants and the well-being of residents: Evidence from U.S. counties

Kuroki, Masanori - 2017

This paper presents empirical evidence that racial diversity and immigrant population at the local level tend to be associated with lower life satisfaction for Whites by matching individual data with the county-level population data during the period 2005-2010. The magnitudes I find suggest that...

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The Economics of Being LGBT. A Review: 2015-2020

Drydakis, Nick - 2021

This paper reviews studies on LGBT workplace outcomes published between 2015 and 2020. In terms of earnings differences, in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, gay men were found to experience earnings penalties of 7% in comparison to heterosexual men, bisexual men experienced earnings...

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The Evolution of Labor Market Disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Men: 1970-2019

Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023

We describe how ethnic disparities in the labor market between prime aged Hispanic and non-Hispanic white men have evolved over the last 50 years. Using data from the March CPS, the Census, and the ACS, we examine several employment and earning outcomes. Hispanics have experienced sizable gains...

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The Value of a Green Card in the U.S. Marriage Market: A Tale of Chain Migration?

Bansak, Cynthia; Dziadula, Eva; Zavodny, Madeline - 2023

This study examines the impact of having a clear path to lawful permanent resident status, or a "green card," and naturalized citizenship on marital status and spousal characteristics among Chinese immigrants in the United States. A series of U.S. policy changes in the early 1990s made all...

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The Evolution of Labor Market Disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Men: 1970-2019

Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023

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Finding Love Abroad: Who Marries a Migrant and What Do They Gain?

Dziadula, Eva; Zavodny, Madeline - 2023

This study explores the role of individual and local marriage market characteristics in whether recently wed U.S. residents "imported" a spouse instead of marrying someone already present in the country. Our findings indicate that U.S. natives and immigrants whose spouse is a "marriage migrant"...

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On Immigration and Native Entrepreneurship

Duleep, Harriet; Jaeger, David A.; McHenry, Peter - 2021

We present a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by being willing and able to invest in new skills. Immigrants whose human capital is not immediately transferable to the host country face lower opportunity costs of investing in new skills or methods and will...

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Is immigration good for Europe? Long-run evidence using comprehensive well-being

2024

impacts on income only. We offer more comprehensive evidence, in terms of country and period, and by assessing impacts on …

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