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Title: Intermarriage and Socioeconomic Integration: Trends in Earnings Premiums among U.S. Immigrants Who Marry Natives
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2015
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Abstract: Immigrants married to the native-born tend to be more socially integrated than immigrants married to other immigrants. In the United States, those married to the native-born typically have better English language skills and know more about U.S. customs and culture both because immigrants with these skills are more likely to marry natives and because sharing a household with a native brings on further social integration. This article examines whether the differential between hourly wages of immigrants married to natives and immigrants married to other immigrants has changed in recent decades. We also explore whether changes in observable characteristics of immigrants who choose to marry natives can explain trends in this differential. We test whether the general patterns are robust across education groups and races. Finally, we explore how much of the increasing wage premium for immigrant/native intermarriage might be explained by the fact that education and English-speaking ability have become more highly rewarded in the U.S. economy.
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Authors: Furtado, Delia; Song, Tao
Periodical (Full): The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science
Issue: 662
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Pages: 207-221
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Health, Migration and Immigration, Other, Poverty and Welfare
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