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Labor market assimilation and the self-employment decision of immigrant entrepreneurs

Lofstrom, Magnus - 1999

This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self-employed immigrants. Separate earnings functions for the self-employed and wage/salary workers are estimated. To control for endogenous sorting into the sectors, models of the self-employment...

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The human capital (schooling) of immigrants in America

Smith, James P. - 2012

the 19th and 20th centuries. -- immigration ; education …

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Low-skilled immigrants and the US labor market

Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2011

inequality, and (2) growth in both the size and the diversity of immigration flows. Because a large share of new immigrants …, and the impact of immigration on the wages and employment opportunities of native workers. We show that low …, this is not the case. Finally, we survey the pertinent academic literature and conclude that, on the whole, immigration to …

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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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Immigrant assimilation into US prisons, 1900 - 1930

Moehling, Carolyn M.; Piehl, Anne Morrison - In: Journal of population economics 27 (2014) 1, pp. 173-200

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A nation of immigrants : assimilation and economic outcomes in the age of mass migration

Abramitzky, Ran; Boustan, Leah Platt; Eriksson, Katherine - In: Journal of political economy 122 (2014) 3, pp. 467-506

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Does intermarriage promote economic assimilation among immigrants in the United States?

Chi, Miao - In: International journal of manpower 36 (2015) 7, pp. 1034-1057

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A culture shaped by immigrants : examining the consequences of U.S. immigration policy

White, Roger; Francis, Shane - In: International migration : politics, policies and practices, (pp. 1-45). 2016

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Cultural assimilation during the age of mass migration

Abramitzky, Ran; Boustan, Leah Platt; Eriksson, Katherine - 2016

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Immigrant America : a portrait

Portes, Alejandro; Rumbaut, Rubén G. - 2014 - 4. ed., rev., updated, and expanded

comprehensive and current overview of immigration to the United States in a single volume. Updated with the latest available data …, Immigrant America explores the economic, political, spatial, and linguistic aspects of immigration; the role of religion in the … century to the present, offering an updated and expanded concluding chapter on immigration and public policy. - Provided by …

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