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Consolidating the Evidence on Income Mobility in the Western States of Germany and the U.S. from 1984-2006

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Bayaz-Ozturk, Gulgun; Couch, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

The cross-national intragenerational income mobility literature assumes within-country mobility is invariant over the period measured. We argue that a great social transformation--German reunification-- abruptly and permanently altered economic mobility. Using standard measures of mobility (with...

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Gender and Assimilation Among Mexican Americans

Blau, Francine; Kahn, Lawrence - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

Using 1994-2003 CPS data, we study gender and assimilation of Mexican Americans. Source country patterns, particularly … the more traditional gender division of labor in the family in Mexico, strongly influence the outcomes and behavior of …

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The Regulation of Labor

Djankov, Simeon; La Porta, Rafael; Lopez-de-Silanes, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003

unemployment, especially of the young. These results are difficult to reconcile with efficiency and political power theories of …

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The Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping: Reexamining the Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market

Borjas, George - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003

Immigration is not evenly balanced across groups of workers that have the same education but differ in their work experience, and the nature of the supply imbalance changes over time. This paper develops a new approach for estimating the labor market impact of immigration by exploiting this...

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Immigration and Welfare, 1970-1990

Borjas, George - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1994

This paper uses the 1970, 1980, and 1990 Public Use Samples of the U.S. Census to trace the evolution of immigrant participation in welfare programs during the past two decades. The data indicate that immigrant participation in welfare programs is on the rise, and that the dollar costs...

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Assimilation and Changes in Cohort Quality Revisited: What Happened to Immigrant Earnings in the 1980s?

Borjas, George - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1994

This paper uses the 1970, 1980, and 1990 Public Use Samples of the U.S. Census to document what happened to immigrant earnings in the 1980s, and to determine if pre-1980 immigrant flows reached earnings parity with natives. The relative entry wage of successive immigrant cohorts declined by 9...

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The Effect of Expected Income on Individual Migration Decisions

Kennan, John; Walker, James R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003

The paper develops a tractable econometric model of optimal migration, focusing on expected income as the main economic influence on migration. The model improves on previous work in two respects: it covers optimal sequences of location decisions (rather than a single once-for-all choice), and...

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The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States

Borjas, George; Katz, Lawrence F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

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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The United States Labor Market: Status Quo or A New Normal?

Lazear, Edward; Spletzer, James R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

The recession of 2007-09 witnessed high rates of unemployment that have been slow to recede. This has led many to … unemployment that prevailed in the recent past. Is this true? The question is important because central banks may be able to reduce … unemployment that is cyclic in nature, but not that which is structural. An analysis of labor market data suggests that there are …

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Illegal Immigration, State Law, and Deterrence

Hoekstra, Mark; Orozco-Aleman, Sandra - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

A critical immigration policy question is whether state and federal policy can deter undocumented workers from entering the U.S. We examine whether Arizona SB 1070, arguably the most restrictive and controversial state immigration law ever passed, deterred entry into Arizona. We do so by...

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