The national origin of an individual's human capital is a crucial determinant of its value. Education acquired abroad … is significantly less valued than education obtained domestically. This difference can fully explain the earnings … disadvantage of immigrants relative to comparable natives in Israel. Variation in the return to foreign schooling across origin …

from immigration and the rise of other education-related wage gaps. Overall, evidence that immigrants have harmed the … the labor market opportunities of less-skilled natives? (2) Have immigrants who arrived after the 1965 Immigration Reform … immigrants is a key yardstick. By this metric, post-1965 immigrants are doing reasonably well: second generation sons and …

, lowering the return to native education and discouraging native high school completion. Conversely, native children might be … for native-born Hispanics. An increase of one percentage point in the share of immigrants in the population aged 11 …

We study the effect of exposure to immigrants on the educational outcomes of US-born students, using a unique dataset …-born students, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Moreover, the presence of immigrants does not affect …

A major benefit of education is the lower risk of unemployment at higher educational levels. In PSID (Panel Study of …

We estimate the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for … 1970 to 1999. We also assess the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth … education on changes in birth outcomes. Second, we have compiled a new data set on openings of two and four year colleges …