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Children of Asian immigrants in most English-speaking destinations have better academic outcomes, yet the underlying … decade to present new evidence that children of Asian immigrants begin spending more time than their peers on educational … children of Asian immigrants is attributable mainly to their allocating more time to educational activities or their favorable …
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This study investigates the emotional experiences of immigrants and native- born individuals in the United States …. The results reveal that when viewed through the evaluation lenses of the general US population, immigrants engage in less … assessments, immigrants are more optimistic and perceive these activities as associated with higher levels of happiness and …
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Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in time allocation in the first 16 years in life. Relative to males, females spend more time on personal care, chores and educational activities and less time on physical and media...
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This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among … married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community Surveys. Among immigrants, better job opportunities, measured by … live in states with a higher divorce rate are more likely to be divorced. Thus, currently being divorced among immigrants …
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This paper studies the occupational selection among generations of immigrants in the United States and links their … time that immigrants spend in the US and over generations. Information friction may be an explanation. …
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We study the role of immigrant children's ethnic identity in their educational performance and preferences/aspirations in Italy. We find that students with a weak sense of Italian belonging show a low performance in reading and mathematics and higher probability of grade retention. Moreover,...
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, and trade, as well as native consumption responses. Consumption patterns reflect how migrants integrate into their new …
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Using longitudinal data from the Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System (INVALSI), this …
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its genesis, and inform its further testing. Challenging the perception that the quality of U.S. immigrants fell after the …
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This paper studies the extent to which sleep duration causally affects health, cognitive and noncognitive development in children and adolescents. Using over 50 thousand time use diaries from two cohorts of Australian children spanning over 16 years, we first document that children sleep...
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