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Age at immigration and high school dropouts
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Epstein, Gil S. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392811
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Age at Immigration and High School Dropouts
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit - 2014
We focus on high school dropout rate among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the … 1996-2011 we show that the share of high school dropouts among immigrant children who arrived from the Former Soviet Union …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049063
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Who is in favor of immigration
Epstein, Gil S.; Katav-Herz, Shirit - 2019
the long-run viability of society as a whole. One possible solution is to permit more immigration, which will both … increase the labor force and broaden the tax base. Increasing immigration has a variety of effects on the local population … attractiveness of immigration as a solution to population ageing. This paper examines immigration as a solution to the problem of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019277
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Ethnic goods and immigrant assimilation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2014
Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We argue that among immigrants this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods they choose to consume. Different types of ethnic goods have vastly different effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340379
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What are migration networks?
Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000
-village-specific variables on migrants' location choice. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339098
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The formation of immigrant networks in the short and the long run
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 3, pp. 1-16
In this paper, we present a formal framework of possible network formations among immigrants. After arriving in the new country, one of the new immigrant’s important decisions is with whom to maintain a link in the foreign country. We find that the behavior of the first two immigrants affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542617
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Age at immigration and high school dropouts
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Epstein, Gil S. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
We focus on high school dropout rates among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between … Surveys of 1996 - 2011 we show that the share of high school dropouts among immigrant children who arrived from the Former …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472850
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Age at immigration and high school dropouts
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Epstein, Gil S. - 2014
We focus on high school dropout rate among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the … 1996-2011 we show that the share of high school dropouts among immigrant children who arrived from the Former Soviet Union …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010390776
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Age at immigration and high school dropouts
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Epstein, Gil S. - 2014
We focus on high school dropout rate among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the … 1996-2011 we show that the share of high school dropouts among immigrant children who arrived from the Former Soviet Union …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010393844
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Social harmony at the boundaries of the welfare state : immigrants and social transfers
Epstein, Gil S.; Hillman, Arye L. - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001471347