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Title: Immigrant Earnings Assimilation in the United States: A Panel Analysis

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: We construct the first long-term comparison of cross-sectional and panel estimates of immigrant earnings assimilation in the U.S. from a single data source. Unlike Lubotsky (2007), we find that selective outmigration of higher earning immigrants biases downwards cross-sectional estimates for all education groups. Cross-sectional estimates dramatically understate earnings growth for high-skilled foreign-born workers. The bias stems from both selective outmigration and selective employment; among high-skilled immigrants, low earners find employment with a substantial delay while high earners work immediately upon arrival. We present suggestive evidence that the H-1B visa program may play a role in estimated immigrant earnings dynamics.

Url: https://economics.nd.edu/assets/307553/assim_paper_12_14_17.pdf

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Authors: Rho, Deborah; Sanders, Seth

Publisher: University of St. Thomas

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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