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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox and Health Convergence
Constant, Amelie F. - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943173
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735974
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119651
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Association between parents' nativity status and influenza vaccination rates among children
Yasenov, Vasil; Hotard, Michael; Lawrence, Duncan; … - 2021
Previous research has documented lower vaccination rates among ethnic and racial minorities as well as foreign-born people, thus raising concerns about health inequities during pandemics. We analyzed influenza vaccination rates among children with US-born parents and those with at least one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624942
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The Intergenerational Effects of Permanent Legal Status
Cascio, Elizabeth U.; Lewis, Ethan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We estimate the effects of permanent legal status on the health of children born to immigrants in the United States using variation from the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Our empirical approach compares trends in birth outcomes for foreign-born Mexican mothers across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576664
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Testing for ethnic discrimination in outpatient health care: evidence from a field experiment in Germany
Halla, Martin; Kah, Christopher; Sausgruber, Rupert - 2021
To test for ethnic discrimination in access to outpatient health care services, we carry out an email-correspondence study in Germany. We approach 3,224 physician offices in the 79 largest cities in Germany with fictitious appointment requests and randomized patients' characteristics. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705540
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Testing for ethnic discrimination in outpatient health care: evidence from a field experiment in Germany
Halla, Martin; Kah, Christopher; Sausgruber, Rupert - 2021
To test for ethnic discrimination in access to outpatient health care services, we carry out an email-correspondence study in Germany. We approach 3,224 physician offices in the 79 largest cities in Germany with fictitious appointment requests and randomized patients' characteristics. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665388
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How do Migrants' Choice of Remittance Channel? The Case of Bangladesh
Mannan, Dr Kazi Abdul; Wei, Gin Kok - 2020
In many developing and transition economies, remittances from labor migrants constitute a large share of households … analysis has identified several important reasons why approximately two-third of the Bangladeshi migrants and their families in … low transfer cost, a migrant’s irregular legal status in the host country, and short migration spells. Migrants who mostly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014090718
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Humanitarian Claims and Expert Testimonies : Contestation Over Health Care for Ghanaian Migrants in the United Kingdom
Lawrance, Benjamin N. - 2017
Ghanaian migrants seeking to remain within the United Kingdom for medical treatment employ various strategies to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014148306
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The COVID-19 Pandemic : Challenges and Reality of Quarantine, Isolation and Social Distancing for the Returnee Migrants in Bangladesh
Mannan, Dr Kazi Abdul; Farhana, Khandaker Mursheda - 2020
The fundamental objective of this study is to examine how much quarantine, isolation and social distance have been applied and complied with in the case of Bangladeshi returnees to prevent infection and spread during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was conducted during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095779