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Consequences of immigrating during a recession : evidence from the US Refugee Resettlement program
Mask, Joshua - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/21, pp. 1-31
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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The Body Mass Index Assimilation of U.S. Immigrants : How Do Diet and Exercise Contribute?
Basu, Sukanya; Insler, Mike - 2017
We explore the underlying causes and implications of the previously documented unhealthy Body Mass Index (BMI) assimilation of U.S. immigrants to native levels. Diet - measured by fat, carbohydrate, protein, and caloric intake - and exercise have mixed success in explaining the BMI convergence...
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Racial differences in body-mass indices for men imprisoned in 19th century US prisons : a multinomial approach
Carson, Scott Alan - 2010
Little research has been done on the body mass index values of 19th century US African-Americans and whites. This paper uses 19th century US prison records to demonstrate that although modern BMIs have increased in the 20th century, 19th century black and white BMIs were distributed...
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Statures, BMIs, and weight : a reassessment
Carson, Scott A. - 2013
Much has been written about the modern obesity epidemic, and historical BMIs are low compared to their modern …
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US male obesity from 1800-2000 : a long term perspective
Carson, Scott Alan - 2013
This paper calls into question the currently most influential model of international trade. An empirical finding by Trefler (2004, AER) and others that industrial productivity increases more strongly in liberalized industries than in non-liberalized industries has been widely accepted as...
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Spatial correlates of U.S. heights and BMIs, 2002
Komlos, John; Lauderdale, Benjamin E. - 2004
Aiming to further explore possible underlying causes for the recent stagnation in American heights, this paper describes the result of analysis of the commercial U.S. Sizing Survey. Using zip codes available in the data set, we consider geographic correlates of height such as local poverty rate,...
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A comparison of the relationship between obesity and earnings in the US and Germany
Cawley, John H.; Grabka, Markus M.; Lillard, Dean R. - 2005
This paper investigates and compares the relationship between obesity and earnings in the U.S. and Germany. Using data … example, obesity is associated with almost 20 percent lower earnings for U.S. and German women. We test for causality using IV … of a causal impact of weight on earnings for women in Germany or for men in either country. -- Obesity ; Weight ; labor …
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Does self-employment increase the economic well-being of low-skilled workers?
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2009
-employment. We do not find empirical evidence of similar constraints among immigrant women. -- Self-employment ; entrepreneurship …
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Low-skilled immigrant entrepreneurship
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2009
the returns to self-employment among low-skilled immigrants. We compare annual earnings and earnings growth of immigrant … financially rewarding option for most low-skilled immigrants. An exception is immigrant men, who are found to have higher earnings … business. We also find that most of the 20 percent male native-immigrant earnings gap among low-skilled business owners can be …
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Did employer sanctions lose their bite? : labor market effects of immigrant legalization
Lofstrom, Magnus; Hill, Laura; Hayes, Joseph M. - 2010
Resident status, we use the New Immigrant Survey to examine whether lacking legal status to work in the U.S. constrains …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969725