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The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an American name within the first year of arrival....
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immigration in the United States (using IPUMS Data), which the related literature has clearly neglected thus far despite long …% less chance of being self-employed than one without. In addition, we show that factors such as longer stay in USA and being …
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The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an American name within the first year of arrival....
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We review the growing literature on the political effects of immigration. After a brief summary of the economics of … immigration, we turn to the main focus of the paper: how immigrants influence electoral outcomes in receiving countries, and why …. We start from the "standard" view that immigration triggers political backlash and raises support for nativist, anti …
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We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List …
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in at least three interrelated debates about immigration. First, the ethnic enclave literature centers on the question of … newcomers to the traditional cultural fabric of the nation. In the current wave of immigration, research on questions of … immigration matures there is a growing population of adults who are the children of immigrants. This paper investigates the …
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