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The relative earnings of young Mexican, Black, and White women
Antecol, Heather; Bedard, Kelly - 1999
Using the NLSY, we find that young Mexican women earn 9% less than young White women while young Black women earn 15% less than young White women. Although young Mexican women earn less than young White women, they do surprisingly well compared to young Black women. We show that it is crucially...
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The racial wage gap : the importance of labor force attachment differences across black, Mexican and white men
Antecol, Heather; Bedard, Kelly - 2001
Labor market attachment differs significantly across black, Mexican and white men; black and Mexican men are more likely to experience unemployment and out of the labor force spells than are white men. While it has long been agreed that potential experience is a poor proxy of actual experience...
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Trends in earnings inequality and earnings instability among US couples : how important is assortative matching?
Hryshko, Dmytro; Juhn, Chinhui; McCue, Kristin - 2014
We examine changes in inequality and instability of the combined earnings of married couples over the 1980-2009 period using two U.S. panel data sets: Social Security earnings data matched to Survey of Income and Program Participation panels (SIPP-SSA) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics....
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Country of origin, earnings convergence, and human capital investment : a new method for the analysis of U.S. immigrant economic assimilation
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Liu, Xingfei; Regets, Mark C. - 2018
The initial earnings of U.S. immigrants vary enormously by country of origin. Via three interrelated analyses, we show earnings convergence across source countries with time in the United States. Human-capital theory plausibly explains the inverse relationship between initial earnings and...
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The North American Free Trade Agreement : Impact on U.S. Local Economies and Employment Opportunities
McFayden, Elgie - 2008
NAFTA has resulted in the permanent elimination of more than 766,000 employment opportunities for non-degree U.S. workers … endeavor is to determine the impact of NAFTA on local economies, employment opportunities in specific industries and on wages … and employment opportunities. This paper is an attempt to better understand and objectively assess the impact of NAFTA on …
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The effects of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums on employment and wages : evidence from US longitudinal data
Ciccarelli, Nicola - In: Review of Economic Analysis : REA 12 (2020) 1, pp. 89-127
We analyze the effect of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums on employment and annual wages in the US using a … estimate the causal effects of rising health insurance premiums on employment and annual wages. We find that a 10% increase in … premiums reduces employment by 1.1 percentage points, and leads to a statistically insignificant reduction of annual wages …
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The Effects of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums on Employment and Wages : Evidence from US Longitudinal Data
Ciccarelli, Nicola - 2020
We analyze the effect of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums on employment and annual wages in the US using a … estimate the causal effects of rising health insurance premiums on employment and annual wages. We find that a 10% increase in … premiums reduces employment by 1.1 percentage points, and leads to a statistically insignificant reduction of annual wages …
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Border enforcement and selection of Mexican immigrants in the United States
Lozano, Fernando Antonio; Lopez, Mary J. - 2010
Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an increase in migration costs for undocumented immigrants. More stringent border enforcement either deters potential illegal immigrants from coming to the U.S., or moves the point of...
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Border enforcement and selection of Mexican immigrants in the United States
Lozano, Fernando; Lopez, Mary J. - 2010
Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an increase in migration costs for undocumented immigrants. More stringent border enforcement either deters potential illegal immigrants from coming to the U.S., or moves the point of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959209
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Trends in Earnings Inequality and Earnings Instability Among U.S. Couples : How Important is Assortative Matching?
Hryshko, Dmytro - 2014
We examine changes in inequality and instability of the combined earnings of married couples over the 1980-2009 period using two U.S. panel data sets: Social Security earnings data matched to Survey of Income and Program Participation panels (SIPP-SSA) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039576