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Immigration Policy and the Skills of Immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2001
Census data for 1990/91 indicate that Australian and Canadian immigrants have higher levels of English fluency, education, and income (relative to natives) than do U.S. immigrants. This skill deficit for U.S. immigrants arises primarily because the United States receives a much larger share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262570
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Immigration and status exchange in Australia and the United States
Choi, Kate H.; Tienda, Marta; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; … - 2011
immigrant spouses with a postsecondary credential below a college degree and native-born high school graduates. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285983
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The Wealth and Asset Holdings of U.S.- Born and Foreign-Born Households: Evidence from SIPP Data
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, Vincent A. - 2003
that of foreign-born singles. Further, there is a great deal of diversity in wealth within the immigrant population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274276
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Selection Policy and the Labour Market Outcomes of New Immigrants
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2004
Many countries are placing a greater emphasis on productive skills in the immigrant selection policies as a way of … a large potential for selection policy to influence immigrant outcomes not just immediately after migration but also in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262126
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The Job Search and Education Investments of Immigrant Families
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Connolly, Marie D.; Worswick, … - 2001
This paper examines the post-migration investments in schooling and job search of immigrant families using new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262496
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Gender, Comparative Advantage and Labor Market Activity in Immigrant Families
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Crossley, Thomas F. - 2001
The family investment hypothesis predicts that credit-constrained immigrant families adopt a household strategy for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262499
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Human Capital and Earnings of Female Immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2002
prominent explanation for this skill deficit of U.S. immigrant women is that the United States receives a much larger share of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262676
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The asset portfolios of native-born and foreign-born households
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, Vincent A. - 2008
wealth gap between mixed and native-born couples is not statistically significant, immigrant-only couples have approximately … $150,000 less wealth on average than native-born couples. Relative to equally wealthy native-born couples, immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268608
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Immigrant wage and employment assimilation: A comparison of methods
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hanel, Barbara; McVicar, Duncan - 2012
We compare alternative methods for estimating immigrant wage and employment assimilation using unique panel data over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291359
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Public Policy and the Labor Market Adjustment of New Immigrants to Australia
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2002
Two separate cohorts of immigrants to Australia are compared in order to assess the potential role of immigrant … capital – were probably instrumental in reinforcing the effects of tighter immigrant selection criteria. As much as half of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262491