Marriage to a native has a theoretically ambiguous impact on immigrant employment rates. Utilizing 2000 U.S. Census … data, this paper empirically tests whether and how marriage choice affects the probability that an immigrant is employed …. Results from an ordinary least squares model controlling for the usual measures of human capital and immigrant assimilation …

A common perception about immigrant assimilation is that association with natives necessarily speeds the process by … by examining the effect of an immigrant's marriage to a native, a measure of social integration, on dropout rates of …

probability of immigrant employment. We start by confirming in both least squares and instrumental variables frameworks that … marriage to a native indeed increases immigrant employment rates. Next, we show that the returns to marrying a native are not …

probability of immigrant employment. We start by confirming in both least squares and instrumental variables frameworks that … marriage to a native indeed increases immigrant employment rates. Next, we show that the returns to marrying a native are not …

education affects intermarriage differ by immigrant generation, age at arrival, and race. We consider three main paths through …

, immigrant-led declines in the price of child-care has reduced the extent of role incompatibility between fertility and work. …

education and related non-profit research institutes had been exempt from the cap. We explore how immigrant employment choices …

immigrant groups in the non-pecuniary costs of participating in SSDI to examine the role that costs play in applicant decisions …