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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20298| Title: | Are Refugees Different from Economic Immigrants? : Some Empirical Evidence on the Heterogeneity of Immigrant Groups in the United States |
| Keywords: | J24 J31 F22 C81 ddc:330 refugee and economic immigrants human capital investment wage growth Flüchtlinge Einwanderung Internationale Arbeitsmobilität Vergleich Bildungsinvestition Lohn Soziale Integration Schätzung Vereinigte Staaten |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
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| Description: | This paper analyzes how the implicit difference in time horizons between refugees and economic immigrants affects subsequent human capital investments and wage assimilation. The analysis uses the 1980/1990 Integrated Public Use Samples of the Census to study labor market outcomes of immigrants who arrived in the U.S. from 1975 to 1980. I find that in 1980 refugee immigrants in this cohort earned 6 percent less and worked 14 percent fewer hours than economic immigrants. Both had about the same level of English skills. The two immigrant groups had made substantial gains by 1990; however, refugees had made greater gains. In fact, the labor market outcomes of refugee immigrants surpassed those of economic immigrants. In 1990, refugees from the 1975-1980 arrival cohort earned 20 percent more, worked 4 percent more hours, and improved their English skills by 11 percent relative to economic immigrants. The higher rates of human capital accumulation for refugee immigrants contribute to these findings. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20298 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20298 ppn:381659941 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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