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Title: Three Essays on Human Capital Outcomes of Immigrants in the United States

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: The chapters in this dissertation confer attention to the labor-market wage and health insurance outcomes of two specific immigrant groups in the United States. Specifically, I distinguish between immigrants who arrive in the U.S. as refugees and other documented immigrants. Economic studies using relatively large samples of refugees have been few and far between. In the following chapters, I use an innovative method to identify refugees in the U.S. Census data. This distinction in immigrant type is important as the two groups differ considerably in their pre-migration conditions and the manner in which the U.S. government treats them upon arrival. The 1996 Welfare reforms in the U.S. brought some important changes to the welfare eligibility laws with respect to immigration status. All immigrants entering the country after August 1996 are barred from welfare until naturalization. The only exceptions to this rule are refugee immigrants. The chapters . . .

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Authors: Giri, Animesh

Institution: Emory University

Department: Economics

Advisor: Frisvold, David E.

Degree: Ph.D.

Publisher Location: Atlanta, GA

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

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