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Are there long-term labor consequences in migrating to the US during a recession? For most immigrants, credibly estimating this effect is difficult because of selective migration. Some immigrants may not move if economic conditions are not favorable. However, identification is possible for...
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A large body of literature estimates the relative wage impacts of immigration on low- and high-skill natives, but it is …-form quantile treatment effects by constructing a ceteris paribus counterfactual wage distribution with lower immigration levels …
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experienced increased wages as a result of receiving amnesty through the 1986 Immigration and Reform Control Act during the 1990s …
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Combining unique individual level H-1B data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and data from the …
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is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an …
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to date in understanding the impact of high skilled immigration from the perspective of the firm and the open areas that … call for more research. Since much of the U.S. immigration process for skilled workers rests in the hands of employer firms …
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is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an …
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I examine the effect of English language proficiency on the occupational choices of childhood immigrants into the United States. In particular, I focus on the annual earnings and skills composition associated with immigrants' chosen occupations. Following Bleakley and Chin (2004; 2010), I use an...
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A large body of literature estimates the relative wage impacts of immigration on low- and high-skill natives, but it is …-form quantile treatment effects by constructing a ceteris paribus counterfactual wage distribution with lower immigration levels …
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decades, it is important to know both how migrants integrate into the destination countries and how immigration affects …. Chapters 4 and 5 cover the effect of immigration on the host societies by showing that growing up in high immigration area … increases intergenerational income mobility among natives and by showing that immigration may, under specific circumstances …
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