persistence and association of health capital assessments of first and second-generation migrants with that of their ancestral …Culture is an under-studied determinant of health production and seldom measured. This paper empirically examines the … persistence of health assessments. Culture persists, rather than fades, and further, appears to strengthen over generations. We …

Using multiple waves of Statistics Canada's Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) linked with the Longitudinal … health outcomes of immigrants to Canada. Our results demonstrate that immigrants from conflict zones face unique physical … health challenges that continue post-migration. Better understanding these challenges will help health policy makers and …

, such as the puzzle of immigrant advantage which finds that Hispanic immigrants sometimes have better health than U …, is sizable and selective on health, making subsequent generations of Mexican immigrants appear less healthy than they … actually are. Consequently, conventional estimates of health disparities between Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites as …