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Title: The Immigrants Odds of Slipping into Poverty during Business Cycles: Double Jeopardy?

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Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: This paper makes an empirical contribution in unraveling the argument that immigration is eitherthe sole or even the most important factor behind the U.S. poverty. While this argument isunderstandable, the blame is misplaced. Using data from the Current Population Survey, weshow that between 1994 and 2008 the national poverty rate of immigrants fell three times fasterthan that of natives (5.4 compared to 1.8 percentage points). The poverty rate of recentimmigrants (those in the United States for less than 10 years) fell even faster at almost six timesfaster than that of natives (10.7 compared to 1.8 percentage points). The empirical analysis ofthis paper shows that the odds of experiencing poverty for both natives and immigrants dependon micro factors such as individual characteristics and macro factors such as business cycle inthe U.S. economy.

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Authors: Tebaldi, Edinaldo; Kim, Jongsung

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Publication Number: 15276

Institution: Bryant University

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Publisher Location: Munich, Germany

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Topics: Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare

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