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-Americans. The immigration process selects black immigrants who have or who would have achieved middle income or higher status in …
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This paper examines ethnicity among highly skilled immigrants to the United States. The paper focuses on five classic components of ethnicity -country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion - among persons admitted to legal permanent residence in the United States in 2003 in the...
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There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...
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There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...
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juvenile deportation proceedings, which coincided with a peak in intensified immigration enforcement at the state and local … levels. Using data on juvenile deportation proceedings, we examine how tougher immigration enforcement might have influenced … increase in immigration enforcement over that period is associated with a 15 percent reduction in the share of juvenile cases …
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Many unaccompanied children have applied for asylum during the last few years, especially in 2015. These children face special challenges and risk being exploited due to their age and legal status. In this paper we survey research and otherwise documented experiences regarding this group of...
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cohort (made possible by the data for the first time since 1961), black immigration from Africa and the Americas, skin …, and that immigration, by introducing accomplished black immigrants from Africa (notably via the visa lottery), threatens … of the United States. -- immigration ; immigrant visas ; social stratification ; gender ; race ; Hispanic origin ; skin …
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initially and what determines those location choices. Using population data on immigrants from the Immigration and …
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to live initially and what determines those location choices. Using population data on immigrants from the Immigration …
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