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Title: Family Sponsorship and Late-Age Immigration in Aging America: Revised and Expanded Estimates of Chained Migration

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: We use the Immigrants Admitted to the United States (microdata) supplemented with special tabulations from the Department of Homeland Security to examine how family reunification impacts the age composition of new immigrant cohorts since 1980. We develop a family migration multiplier measure for the period 19812009 that improves on prior studies by including immigrants granted legal status under the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act and relaxing unrealistic assumptions required by synthetic cohort measures. Results show that every 100 initiating immigrants admitted between 1981 and 1985 sponsored an average of 260 family members; the comparable figure for initiating immigrants for the 19962000 cohort is 345 family members. Furthermore, the number of family migrants ages 50 and over rose from 44 to 74 per 100 initiating migrants. The discussion considers the health and welfare implications of late-age immigration in a climate of growing fiscal restraint and an aging native population.

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Authors: Tienda, Marta; Carr, Stacie

Periodical (Full): Population Research and Policy Review

Issue: 6

Volume: 32

Pages: 825-849

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Family and Marriage, Migration and Immigration

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