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This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on the occupational status of Jewish men and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses...
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quality on the immigrant selection process, rather than the quality of immigrants' schooling per se, that is the major driver …
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educational attainment of adults by immigrant generation. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data, differences in educational … attainment are analyzed by immigrant generation (first, second, and higher order generations), and among the foreign born by … attainment, with the gap narrowing for higher order immigrant generations among Hispanics, but rising among blacks. …
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This study develops a theoretical framework for the study of the tendency for immigrant groups to be geographically … concentrated. Testing the model for Australia shows that the extent of geographic concentration of immigrant groups is negatively …
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behavior of the foreign born within the context of an immigrant adjustment model based on the imperfect transferability of …
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This paper explores the theoretical issues and the empirical literature regarding the selectivity of migrants. Although the primary focus is on international migration, reference is made to internal migration and return migration. The theoretical analysis indicates a tendency toward the...
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their economic status with duration in the destination. This pattern has been found for all the immigrant receiving … also presented to test whether the findings are sensitive to immigrant cohort quality effects. Even after controlling for …
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This paper examines the incidence of the mismatch of the educational attainment and the occupation of employment, and the impact of this mismatch on the earnings, of high-skilled adult male immigrants in the US labor market. Analyses for high-skilled adult male native-born workers are also...
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This paper examines the way immigrant earnings are determined in Australia. It uses the overeducation …
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Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The analyses are conducted for all male native-born and immigrant workers in the US …
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