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I'll marry you if you get me a job : marital assimilation and immigrant employment rates
Furtado, Delia (contributor);  … - 2009
the intermarriage decision. -- Intermarriage ; employment ; immigration …Marriage to a native has a theoretically ambiguous impact on immigrant employment rates. Utilizing 2000 U.S. Census … suggest that marriage to a native increases an immigrant's employment probability by approximately four percentage points. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796349
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Inter- and intra-marriage premiums revisited : it's probably who you are, not who you marry!
Nekby, Lena - 2010
intermarriage premiums are largely due to selection. -- intermarriage ; intra-marriage ; income ; immigration ; assimilation …For immigrants, intermarriage with natives is assumed to have an assimilating role due to the enhancement of local …; intermarriage to natives and intra-marriage with immigrants from home countries or other (non-Swedish) countries. A staggered fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302215
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Culture, intermarriage, and differentials in second-generation immigrant women’s labor supply
Gevrek, Z. Eylem; Gevrek, Deniz; Gupta, Sonam - 2011
the current literature by analyzing the role of intermarriage in intergenerational transmission of culture and its … intermarried families stresses the importance of intermarriage in assimilation process. Our results are robust to different … specifications and estimation strategies. -- culture ; labor supply ; immigrant women ; intermarriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516930
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I'll Marry You If You Get Me a Job : Marital Assimilation and Immigrant Employment Rates
Furtado, Delia - 2009
Marriage to a native has a theoretically ambiguous impact on immigrant employment rates. Utilizing 2000 U.S. Census … suggest that marriage to a native increases an immigrant's employment probability by approximately four percentage points. The … the intermarriage decision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765216
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Cross-Nativity Marriages and Human Capital Levels of Children
Furtado, Delia - 2009
A common perception about immigrant assimilation is that association with natives necessarily speeds the process by which immigrants become indistinguishable from natives. Using 2000 Census data, this paper casts doubt on this presumption by examining the effect of an immigrant's marriage to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765304
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Intermarriage and the Labor Market Outcomes of Asian Women
Basu, Sukanya - 2016
Intermarriage with natives does not have a homogeneous impact on labor market outcomes across ethnic groups. Asian … women are compared with non-Asians. Both ordinary least squares and instrumental variables estimates of the intermarriage … once selection into marriage is controlled for. One possible explanation for the intermarriage penalty for Asians is an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013007400
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Female Migration and Native Marital Stability : Insights from Italy
Vignoli, Daniele - 2015
formation and dissolution dynamics in recent immigration countries …
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Social barriers to female migration : theory and evidence from Bangladesh
Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2020
Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of economic opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by using marriage to engage in long-distance migration - if...
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Female migration and native marital stability : insights from Italy
Vignoli, Daniele; Venturini, Alessandra; Pirani, Elena - 2015
formation and dissolution dynamics in recent immigration countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347111
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Culture, Intermarriage, and Differentials in Second-Generation Immigrant Women's Labor Supply
Gevrek, Z. Eylem - 2011
the current literature by analyzing the role of intermarriage in intergenerational transmission of culture and its … intermarried families stresses the importance of intermarriage in assimilation process. Our results are robust to different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119020