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among Vietnamese refugees using American Community Survey data from 1980 to 2015 and survey data. We examine how this ethnic … population has changed over time by focusing on key socioeconomic indicators, such as poverty rates and levels of education …, occupation, and income. Third, we seek to explain what enables Vietnamese refugees and their children to overcome initial …
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There is evidence that women are more likely to live in poverty than men. Given the fact that the poor are more likely … even after controlling for income, health and other demographic factors like employment. We find that race does not matter …
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The study of welfare participation in the U.S. prior to the 1996 welfare reform act and even afterward has focused on comparisons between native born and immigrant households. Analyses that have gone beyond this broad classification have focused on comparisons across race or with particular...
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There is evidence that women are more likely to live in poverty than men. Given the fact that the poor are more likely … even after controlling for income, health and other demographic factors like employment. We find that race does not matter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125475
average is only 0.4. Networks were particularly important in connecting black migrants with attractive employment …
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average is only 0.4. Networks were particularly important in connecting black migrants with attractive employment …
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The “Deep Roots” literature investigates the effects of deep cultural variables on outcomes. We attempt to identify how these deep cultural variables actually affect per capita output by expanding Putterman and Weil’s (2010) inquiry on the effects of State History and Agricultural History...
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Labor market indicators are critical for policymakers, but measurement error in labor force survey data is known to be substantial. In this paper, I quantify the implications of classification errors in the U.S. Current Population Survey (CPS), in which respondents misreport their true labor...
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of refugees escaping the Holocaust and verify the validity of height as a proxy for human and health capital. We further … immigration of European refugees. …
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We document a negative relation between abnormal temperature and quality of life in the U.S. since 1990. Cross-state and (within state-year) county-level comparisons both indicate that the temperature-quality of life relation is more positive in states adopting more stringent environmental...
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