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A Comparative Analysis of the Nativity Wealth Gap

Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

domestic labor markets and the selection policies used to shape the nature of the immigration flow. …

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Selection Policy and the Labour Market Outcomes of New Immigrants

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

achieving national objectives regarding immigration. These changes stem primarily from the belief that skill-based immigrants do …

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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. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

than women to gain admission on the basis of immigration criteria related to labor market considerations rather than family … female immigration flows. Therefore, our findings of similar patterns for men and women and of the key role played by … national origin both suggest that factors other than immigration policy per se are important contributors to the observed skill …

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Immigrant Wage and Employment Assimilation: A Comparison of Methods

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hanel, Barbara; McVicar, Duncan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We compare alternative methods for estimating immigrant wage and employment assimilation using unique panel data over 2001–2009 for a large, nationally-representative sample of immigrants. Previous assimilation estimates have been mainly based on cross-sectional data and have therefore...

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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 - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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...

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