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Religion and child health
Chiswick, Barry R.; Mirtcheva, Donka M. - 2010
This paper examines the determinants of the health of children ages 6 to 19, as reported in the Child Development … overall health and psychological health of the child. Three measures of religion/religiosity of the child are employed … health and the three measures of religion/religiosity. Those children (self-report or primary caregiver report) who have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274677
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Religion and Child Health
Chiswick, Barry R.; Mirtcheva, Donka M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper examines the determinants of the health of children ages 6 to 19, as reported in the Child Development … overall health and psychological health of the child. Three measures of religion/religiosity of the child are employed … health and the three measures of religion/religiosity. Those children (self-report or primary caregiver report) who have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008678682
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The Employment, Unemployment and Unemployment Compensation Benefits of Immigrants
Hurst, Michael E.; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
This report analyzes the employment and unemployment experiences of adult foreign-born men, both among themselves and in comparison with the native born. The empirical analysis uses microdata from the 1990 Census of Population. Three dependent variables are analyzed, weeks worked (employment) in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262348
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Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected? An Economic Analysis
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2000
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262350
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The linguistic and economic adjustment of Soviet Jewish immigrants in the United States, 1980 to 2000
Chiswick, Barry R.; Wenz, Michael - 2005
This paper is an analysis of the English-language proficiency and labor market earnings of adult male Soviet Jewish immigrants to the United States from 1965 to 2000, using the 2000 Census of Population. Comparisons are made to similar analyses using the 1980 and 1990 Censuses. A consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267525
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The critical period hypothesis for language learning: what the 2000 US census says
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
A critical period for language learning is often defined as a sharp decline in learning outcomes with age. This study examines the relevance of the critical period to English proficiency among immigrants in the US. It uses microdata from the 2000 US Census, a model of language acquisition from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267733
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Matching language proficiency to occupation: the effect on immigrants' earnings
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
This paper analyzes the effect on earnings of the matching of English language skills to occupational requirements. It uses data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database and a Realized Matches procedure to quantify expected levels of English skills in each of over 500...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267923
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Modeling immigrants' language skills
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
One in nine people between the ages of 18 and 64 in the US, and every second foreign-born person in this age bracket, speaks Spanish at home. And whereas around 80 percent of adult immigrants in the US from non-English speaking countries other than Mexico are proficient in English, only about 50...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268129
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Occupational language requirements and the value of English in the US labor market
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
This paper is concerned with the English language requirements (both level and importance) of occupations in the United States, as measured by the O*NET database. These scores are linked to microdata on employed adult (aged 25 to 64) males, both native born and foreign born, as reported in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268142
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The international transferability of immigrants' human capital skills
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational level to occupational attainment among adult native born and foreign born men in the U.S., using the 2000 Census. Overeducation is found to be more common among recent labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268419