We find that wealthier and more educated immigrants are more likely to make use of basic banking services and other … formal financial services. Holding these (and other) factors constant, we find immigrants from countries with more effective … explain approximately 17 percent of the country-of- origin-level variation in bank account usage among immigrants in the U …

Much of the concern about immigration adversely affecting crime derives from the fact that immigrants tend to have … perception of a link between immigration and crime, immigrants have much lower institutionalization (incarceration) rates than … the native born. More recently arrived immigrants have the lowest comparative incarceration rates, and this difference …

This study investigates whether Hispanic immigrants assimilate in occupational status with natives and the factors that … occupational gap between Hispanic immigrants and non- Hispanic Whites and U.S.- born Hispanic counterparts. ; The level of … status. Mexican immigrants with low human capital start in occupations with relatively low status and they do not experience …

Previous study by Card and Lewis (2005) has found (puzzling) that inflows of Mexican immigrants into “new” metropolitan … considers variations across occupations. Recognizing that Mexican immigrants are highly occupationally clustered … relationship between the composition of Mexican immigrants across occupations/industries and average wages in the occupations …

, the financial market behavior of immigrants can provide important insights into the assimilation process. Compared to the … native-born, immigrants are less likely to own savings and checking accounts and these differences tend to persist over time …

financial decisions of immigrants and the native-born in the U.S. While all of the individuals whose decisions we analyze face … the same formal institutional framework in the U.S., immigrants bring with them varied experiences with institutions in … their home countries. We find that immigrants who come from countries with institutions that are more effective at …

I analyze remittance behavior among new legal immigrants in the US using a nationally representative survey of … immigrants admitted to legal permanent residency in 2003. I find that the distribution of remittances is skewed to the right …, with a small number of immigrants sending very large amounts. I find evidence against the pure altruism model and find that …

This paper uses 2000 U.S. Census data to study the determinants of self-employment decisions among immigrants. It … outlines a theoretical framework for analyzing the role of ethnic enclaves in the self-employment decision of immigrants that … concentration in metropolitan areas is positively related to the probability of self-employment of immigrants. However, the …