Antecol, Heather; Bedard, Kelly - In: Handbook of the economics of international migration : …, (pp. 271-314). 2015
Using the National Health Interview Survey (1989–2011), we document the Healthy Immigrant Effect (HIE)—immigrants are … in better health upon arrival in the United States than their native counterparts, but this health advantage erodes over … time—irrespective of the health measure, race/ethnicity, or gender. Further, most immigrant groups arrive lighter than …