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The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an American name within the first year of arrival....
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immigration in the United States (using IPUMS Data), which the related literature has clearly neglected thus far despite long …% less chance of being self-employed than one without. In addition, we show that factors such as longer stay in USA and being …
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The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an American name within the first year of arrival....
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We review the growing literature on the political effects of immigration. After a brief summary of the economics of … immigration, we turn to the main focus of the paper: how immigrants influence electoral outcomes in receiving countries, and why …. We start from the "standard" view that immigration triggers political backlash and raises support for nativist, anti …
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We examine a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States, the Exchange Visitor Skills List …
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Immigration may impact income distribution both by affecting the skill composition of a country's residents, and, by … focus primarily on factor prices. We first consider the economic theory of the impact of immigration on factor prices and … immigration on the native income distribution. We then survey the evidence on this question for several countries, and conclude by …
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