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Income Maximization and the Selection and Sorting of International Migrants
Grogger, Jeffrey - 2008
(positive selection) and more-educated migrants are more likely to settle in destination countries with high rewards to skill … simple model of income maximization can account for both phenomena. Results on selection show that migrants for a source …-destination pair are more educated relative to non-migrants the larger is the absolute skill-related difference in earnings between the …
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International Migration, Self-Selection, and the Distribution of Wages : Evidence from Mexico and the United States
Chiquiar, Daniel - 2002
In this paper, we use data from the Mexico and U.S. population censuses to examine who migrates from Mexico to the United States and how the skills and economic performance of these individuals compare to those who remain in Mexico. We test Borjas' negative-selection hypothesis that in poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469467
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship : New Estimates and a Research Agenda
Chodavadia, Saheel; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of immigrant founders, their economic impact, and policy levers....
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Bound by Ancestors : Immigration, Credit Frictions, and Global Supply Chain Formation
Choi, Jaerim; Hyun, Jay; Park, Ziho - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper shows that the ancestry composition shaped by century-long immigration to the US can explain the current structure of global supply chain networks. Using an instrumental variable strategy, combined with a novel dataset that links firm-to-firm global supply chain information with a US...
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The Age of Mass Migration in Argentina : Social Mobility, Effects on Growth, and Selection Patterns
Droller, Federico; Fiszbein, Martín; Pérez, Santiago - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
migrants. In this article, we first summarize recent findings characterizing migrants' long-term economic assimilation and … the selection patterns of Italian migrants to Argentina--the largest migratory group to this destination. Our analysis of … this initial stage of the migrants' history shows that Italians who moved to Argentina were positively selected on the …
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Age at Immigrant Arrival and Career Mobility : Evidence from Vietnamese Refugee Migration and the Amerasian Homecoming Act
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Smith, Kendall E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We study the long-run career mobility of young immigrants, mostly refugees, from Vietnam who moved to the United States during 1989-1995. This third and final migration wave of young Vietnamese immigrants was sparked by unexpected events that culminated in the Amerasian Homecoming Act....
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Attrition from Administrative Data : Problems and Solutions with an Application to Postsecondary Education
Foote, Andrew; Stange, Kevin M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper examines the bias arising from individuals' migration from administrative outcome data, with a focus on the labor market consequences of postsecondary education. We find that out-of-state migration is particularly problematic for high-earners, flagship graduates, and certain majors....
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Skill of the Immigrants and Vote of the Natives : Immigration and Nationalism in European Elections 2007-2016
Moriconi, Simone - 2018
In this paper we document the impact of immigration at the regional level on Europeans' political preferences as expressed by voting behavior in parliamentary or presidential elections between 2007 and 2016. We combine individual data on party voting with a classification of each party's...
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Rethinking the Area Approach : Immigrants and the Labor Market in California, 1960-2005
Peri, Giovanni - 2010
for native labor. I also use a novel instrument based on demographic characteristics of total Central American migrants or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462438
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The Supply Side of Innovation : H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention
Kerr, William R. - 2010
This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on US technology formation. We use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa program. Higher H-1B admissions increase immigrant science and engineering (SE) employment and patenting by inventors with Indian...
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