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Title: Ill Marry You If You Get Me a Job: Cross-Nativity Marriages and Immigrant Employment Rates
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Publication Year: 2008
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Abstract: This paper tests whether marriage to a native affects the probability that an immigrant is employed. We provide a theoretical background which explains how marriage to a native may positively or negatively affect an immigrants employment probability. Utilizing the 2000 U.S. Census, we first look at the effect of cross-nativity marriages on employment using a linear probability model. Then, we estimate a two stage least squares model instrumenting for cross-nativity marriages using local marriage market conditions. Results from a linear probability model controlling for the usual measures of human capital and immigrant assimilation suggest that marriage to a native increases the employment probability of an immigrant byapproximately 5 percentage points. When controlling for the endogeneity of the intermarriage decision, marriage to a native increases the employment probability byabout 11 percentage points. We provide alternative explanations and suggest policy implications.
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Authors: Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos; Furtado, Delia
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Publication Number: 01/08
Institution: Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration
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Publisher Location: University College London
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Topics: Family and Marriage, Migration and Immigration
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