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Title: Why Does Intermarriage Increase Immigrant Employment? The Role of Networks

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Social networks are commonly understood to play a large role in the labor market success of immigrants. Using 2000 U.S. Census data, this paper examines whether access to native networks, as measured by marriage to a native, increases the probability of immigrant employment. We start by confirming that in both least squares and instrumental variables frameworks, marriage to a native indeed increases immigrant employment rates. Next, we show that the returns to marrying a native are not likely to arise solely from legal status acquired through marriage or characteristics of native spouses. We then present several pieces of evidence suggesting that networks obtained through marriage play an important part in explaining the relationship between marriage decisions and employment.

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Authors: Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos; Furtado, Delia

Periodical (Full): The B.E.Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy

Issue: 1

Volume: 10

Pages: 101-201

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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