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Title: Immigration and Native Children's Long-Term Outcomes

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2023

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DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.4383813

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Abstract: This paper examines how immigration affects native children’s economic opportunities leveraging linked U.S. censuses in the early twentieth century. Using the shift-share instrument for county-level immigration exposure, I find that childhood exposure to immigrants enhances native-borns’ adulthood economic performance. However, children of high-skilled fathers enjoy a higher positive impact than their peers, given the same exposure level. I investigate two potential channels and show that immigration-induced into-city migration explains only around 10% of the exposure effect. In addition, immigration encourages native children to advance on the occupational ladder and to specialize in less immigrant-intensive jobs.

Url: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4383813

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Authors: Hung, Yi-Ju

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Pages: 1-45

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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