a good measure of the stock of immigrant human capital. This article presents a model of immigrant human capital … initial immigrant earnings and subsequent earnings growth. This result - which persists even after accounting for differences … are not controlled for. The immigrant human capital investment model presented here explores general principles that may …

a good measure of the stock of immigrant human capital. This article presents a model of immigrant human capital … initial immigrant earnings and subsequent earnings growth. This result - which persists even after accounting for differences … are not controlled for. The immigrant human capital investment model presented here explores general principles that may …

productive, a fact hidden by a flawed methodology that underlies most economic analyses of immigrant economic assimilation. …

form and sample selections embedded in most recent analyses of immigrant economic assimilation bias downwards the earnings …

1. Introduction: Background and Overview -- 2. What Caused the Decline in Immigrant Entry Earnings? -- 3. The Immigrant … Earnings Growth of Asian versus European Immigrants -- 6. The Earnings Profiles of Immigrant Men in Specific Asian Groups -- 7 …. Modeling the Effect of a Factor Associated with Low Skill Transferability: Family Admissions and Immigrant Earnings Profiles …

Two radically different descriptions of immigrant earnings trajectories in the U.S. have emerged. One asserts that … immigrant men following the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act have low initial earnings and high earnings growth. Another …

. Functional form and sample selections embedded in most recent analyses of immigrant economic assimilation bias downwards the …

human capital investment of Asian immigrants to the US after 1965. In addition, it provides a primer on studying immigrant … economic assimilation, by explaining economists’ methodology to measure immigrant earnings growth and the challenges with this …1. Introduction: Background and Overview -- 2. What Caused the Decline in Immigrant Entry Earnings? -- 3. The Immigrant …