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Involuntary migration, context of reception, and social mobility : the case of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the United States
Bankston, Carl L., III.; Zhou, Min - 2018
In this study, we examine the Vietnamese population of the United States as a case study in the integration of a refugee group in a host country. We approach this case in three parts. We first offer a brief review of Vietnamese refugee resettlement in the US and the making of a new ethnic...
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Maternal employment and adolescent development
Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2005
This study investigates how maternal employment is related to the outcomes of 10 and 11 year olds, controlling for a wide variety of child, mother and family characteristics. The results suggest that limited amounts of work by mothers benefit youths who are relatively disadvantaged and even long...
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Transnational social mobility of minorities : a comparative analysis of 14 immigrant minority groups
Kislev, Elyakim - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 15, pp. 1-21
with that of migration and addresses this gap by developing a theory of a growing phenomenon: the transnational social …
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Microeconometric analyses on economic consequences of selective migration
Ruhose, Jens - 2015
. Chapter 2 quantifies non-pecuniary migration costs that are incurred due to selective migration along cultural traits. Chapter … Determinanten selektiver Migration beschäftigen sowie die Wichtigkeit selektiver Migration für die Zusammensetzung der arbeitenden …
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The effect of same-sex marriage legalization on interstate migration in the United States
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2019
affect the migration decisions of individuals, to the extent that those states approving same-sex marriage can be considered … less discriminatory. Results show that that legal reform permanently increased the migration flow of homosexuals moving to … driving our estimates since the migration flow of homosexuals is not limited to border or close states. Supplemental analysis …
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Trust of second generation immigrants: Intergenerational transmission or cultural assimilation?
Moschion, Julie; Tabasso, Domenico - 2013
This paper studies the respective influence of intergenerational transmission and the environment in shaping individual trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the home and in the host country to separate the effect of the...
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Enclaves, language and the location choice of migrants
Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318352
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Do enclaves matter in immigrant adjustment?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of immigrant/linguistic concentrations (enclaves). The reasons for the formation of these concentrations are discussed. Hypotheses are developed regarding "ethnic goods" and the effect of concentrations on the immigrant?s language...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406725
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Enclaves, language and the location choice of migrants
Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the … data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412790
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The cost of caring for young children
Rosenbaum, Dan T.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2005
This study examines the cost burden of child care, defined as day care expenses divided by after-tax income. Data are from the wave 10 core and child care topical modules to the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation. We estimate that the average child under six years of age lives in a...
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