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The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States
Borjas, George J. - 2018
This paper examines the evolution of the Mexican-born workforce in the United States using data drawn from the decennial U.S. Census throughout the entire 20th century. It is well known that there has been a rapid rise in Mexican immigration to the United States in recent years. Interestingly,...
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Immigrants Equilibrate Local Labor Markets : Evidence from the Great Recession
Cadena, Brian C. - 2013
insulated from the effects of local labor demand shocks compared to those in places with few Mexicans. The reallocation of the …
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Ethnic Attrition, Assimilation, and the Measured Health Outcomes of Mexican Americans
Antman, Francisca; Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen - 2022
The literature on immigrant assimilation and intergenerational progress has sometimes reached surprising conclusions, such as the puzzle of immigrant advantage which finds that Hispanic immigrants sometimes have better health than U.S.-born Hispanics. While numerous studies have attempted to...
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Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions
Lewis, Ethan G. - 2014
labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more …
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Ethnic Identification, Intermarriage, and Unmeasured Progress by Mexican Americans
Duncan, Brian - 2012
Using Census and CPS data, we show that U.S.-born Mexican Americans who marry non-Mexicans are substantially more …
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Gender and Assimilation Among Mexican Americans
Blau, Francine D. - 2012
Using 1994-2003 CPS data, we study gender and assimilation of Mexican Americans. Sourcecountry patterns, particularly the more traditional gender division of labor in the family in Mexico,strongly influence the outcomes and behavior of Mexican immigrants. On arrival in the UnitedStates,...
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Mexican Entrepreneurship : A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2014
Nearly a quarter of Mexico's workforce is self employed. But in the U.S. rates of self employment among Mexican Americans are only 6 percent, about half the rate among non-Latino whites. Using data from the Mexican and U.S. population census, we show that neither industrial composition nor...
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The Labor Market Effects of Mexican Repatriations : Longitudinal Evidence from the 1930s
Lee, Jongkwan - 2019
We examine the labor market consequences of an extensive campaign repatriating around 400,000 Mexicans in 1929-34. To …
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The Effects of Immigration on the Economy : Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure
Abramitzky, Ran; Ager, Philipp; Boustan, Leah Platt; … - 2022
In the 1920s, the United States substantially reduced immigrant entry by imposing country-specific quotas. We compare local labor markets with more or less exposure to the national quotas due to differences in initial immigrant settlement. A puzzle emerges: the earnings of existing US-born...
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How Do U.S. Visa Policies Affect Unauthorized Immigration?
Kovak, Brian; Lessem, Rebecca - 2022
We examine how increasing the number of visas available to potential migrants would affect unauthorized immigration … potential Mexican migrants have an extremely low probability of ever being able to legally move to the U.S. We develop a dynamic … increase in permanent legalization without resulting in very large increases in the total stock of migrants residing in the U …
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