Intermarriage between a native and immigrant can affect the household’s supply of labor hours. Spouse selectivity on the basis of human capital, distribution of bargaining power, and labor supply coordination within the household can differ by type of marriage and gender of the...

This paper presents wage-gap profiles of a rapidly growing group of "new" Asian immigrants from countries that were under-represented in the US until 1965. Entry-level wages and assimilation rates fall across cohorts. However the wage gap versus natives widens for all new Asian cohorts after the...

We explore the underlying causes and implications of the previously documented unhealthy Body Mass Index (BMI) assimilation of U.S. immigrants to native levels. Diet - measured by fat, carbohydrate, protein, and caloric intake - and exercise have mixed success in explaining the BMI convergence...