immigrants to be favorably selected, although this is less intense under the later criteria. The overall favorable selectivity of … immigrants, therefore, depends on the favorable selectivity of the supply of immigrants and the criteria used to ration …

social networks by immigrants to find jobs has a significant impact on wages in both countries, the effect is positive in …The most commonly used model of labor market incorporation among immigrants in the United States analyzes their … may lose much of its explanatory power in other societies, where immigrants encounter different labor market conditions …

This paper studies the occupational selection among generations of immigrants in the United States and links their … time that immigrants spend in the US and over generations. Information friction may be an explanation. …

language proficiency and labor market earnings of male and female immigrants to the United States. Design … missionary activity of both Protestants and Catholics on an immigrant’s English language proficiency using a linear probability … squares model. Among other relevant variables, the analysis controls for the colonial heritage of the immigrant’s country of …

immigrants to be favorably selected, although this is less intense under the later criteria. The overall favorable selectivity of … immigrants, therefore, depends on the favorable selectivity of the supply of immigrants and the criteria used to ration …

immigrants to the United States from 1965 to 2000, using the 2000 Census of Population. Comparisons are made to similar analyses … using the 1980 and 1990 Censuses. A consistent finding is that recently arrived Soviet Jewish immigrants have lower levels … of English proficiency and earnings than other immigrants, other variables being the same. However, they have a steeper …

receives support from data on the living arrangements of second-generation immigrants in the US. Both in 1970 and 2000, by … country of origin, the US living arrangements of second-generation immigrants mimic those in Europe across countries …