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Age at Immigrant Arrival and Career Mobility : Evidence from Vietnamese Refugee Migration and the Amerasian Homecoming Act
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; Smith, Kendall E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We study the long-run career mobility of young immigrants, mostly refugees, from Vietnam who moved to the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468267
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Bridges or buffers? : motives behind immigrants’ religiosity
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive – whether...
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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.
Chiswick, Barry R.; Houseworth, Christina A. - 2019
This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149386
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The Refugee Advantage : English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century
Abramitzky, Ran; Boustan, Leah Platt; Catron, Peter; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The United States has admitted more than 3 million refugees since 1980 through official refugee resettlement programs …, refugees arrived without formal selection processes or federal support. We examine the integration of historical refugees using … a large archive of recorded oral history interviews to understand linguistic attainment of migrants who arrived in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372487
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Are Refugees Different from Economic Immigrants? Some Empirical Evidence on the Heterogeneity of Immigrant Groups in the United States
Cortes, Kalena E. - 2021
This paper analyzes how the implicit difference in time horizons between refugees and economic immigrants affects … same level of English skills. The two immigrant groups had made substantial gains by 1990; however, refugees had made …, refugees from the 1975-1980 arrival cohort earned 20 percent more, worked 4 percent more hours, and improved their English …
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Does halting refugee resettlement reduce crime? : evidence from the United States refugee ban
Masterson, Daniel; Yasenov, Vasil - 2019
Many countries have reduced refugee admissions in recent years, in part due to fears that refugees and asylum seekers … the lowest number of refugees resettled on US soil since 1977 and a 66% drop in resettlement from 2016 to 2017. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064135
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Does Halting Refugee Resettlement Reduce Crime? Evidence from the United States Refugee Ban
Masterson, Daniel - 2019
Many countries have reduced refugee admissions in recent years, in part due to fears that refugees and asylum seekers … the lowest number of refugees resettled on US soil since 1977 and a 66% drop in resettlement from 2016 to 2017. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863803
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Immigrant-native differences in welfare participation : the role of entry and exit rates
Hansen, Jörgen (contributor); Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor) - 2006
This paper analyzes differences in welfare transitions between natives and immigrants in Sweden using a large …, country of birth, and time of arrival in Sweden among other things, and provides an excellent opportunity to examine immigrant …"This paper analyzes differences in welfare transitions between natives and immigrants in Sweden using a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359294
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Did employer sanctions lose their bite? : labor market effects of immigrant legalization
Lofstrom, Magnus; Hill, Laura; Hayes, Joseph M. - 2010
Taking advantage of the ability to identify immigrants who were unauthorized to work prior to obtaining Legal Permanent Resident status, we use the New Immigrant Survey to examine whether lacking legal status to work in the U.S. constrains employment outcomes of illegal immigrants. With the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969725
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Immigration and entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2013
Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This is reflected in immigration policies and many developed countries have created special visas and entry requirements in an attempt to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010197083