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Is There a 'Marriage Premium' for Gay Men?
Zavodny, Madeline - 2021
It is well-known that married men earn more than comparable single men, with typical estimates of the male marriage premium in the range of 10 to 20 percent. Some research also finds that cohabiting men earn more than men not living with a female partner. This study uses data from the General...
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Immigrants' Employment Outcomes Over the Business Cycle
Orrenius, Pia M. - 2010
the housing bust. An analysis of employment and unemployment rates over the past 15 years shows that immigrants' labor … market outcomes are more cyclical than those of natives. The greater cyclicality of immigrants' employment and unemployment …-sensitive employment outcomes than college-educated natives …
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The Likelihood of Divorce and the Riskiness of Financial Decisions
Stark, Oded - 2019
We link causally the riskiness of men's management of their finances with the probability of their experiencing a divorce. Our point of departure is that when comparing single men to married men, the former manage their finances in a more aggressive (that is, riskier) manner. Assuming that...
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Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market : Effects of Post-Tiananmen Immigration Policy
Orrenius, Pia M. - 2012
examine employment and earnings among Chinese immigrants who were likely beneficiaries of the U.S. government's actions …. Relative to immigrants from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea – countries not covered by the post-Tiananmen immigration policy … measures – highly-educated immigrants from mainland China experienced significant employment and earnings gains during the 1990 …
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Immigrants in Risky Occupations
Orrenius, Pia M. - 2012
This chapter reviews the economics literature on immigrant-native differentials in occupational risk. It begins by briefly explaining the theory of compensating wage differentials. It then provides a more detailed discussion of the empirical evidence on the subject, which reaches several...
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Immigrants, English Ability and the Digital Divide
Ono, Hiroshi; Zavodny, Madeline - 2021
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...
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The Impact of Temporary Protected Status on Immigrants' Labor Market Outcomes
Orrenius, Pia M. - 2015
higher employment rates among women and higher earnings among men. The results have implications for recent programs that …
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Employer Sanctions : A Policy with a Pitfall?
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2021
country's labor market: full employment, voluntary unemployment, and minimal wage in combination with involuntary unemployment …, which impedes the firm's productivity. The impact on the wages and / or employment of the native laborers depends on the …
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The Minimum Wage and Latino Workers
Orrenius, Pia M. - 2015
affected by minimum wage laws as a result. We compare the effects of minimum wage laws on employment and earnings among … lead to higher hourly earnings among people who are employed but lower employment rates. Data from the Current Population … affected by minimum wage laws than other low-education natives, and their employment rates appear to increase when the minimum …
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