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Title: Considering the Long Term Effects of Immigration Policy: Second Generation Immigrants and the Use of Means-Tested Entitlement Programs
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2001
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Abstract: I have compared the use of means-tested entitlement programs by natives to the US with native parents and second generation immigrants (natives with at least one immigrant parent) using pooled data from the 1994,1995 and 1996 March Current Population Survey. The nativity of the parent was found to be significant for females using Public Aid and Welfare (PAW), especially those less than 30 years of age. Female second generation immigrants are less likely to use PAW if they have a foreign-born mother or if both parents are foreign-born. This work is unique in its use of simulated wages in the analysis, as well as by splitting the population sample by gender.I have also found this different behavior of the second generation immigrant is a direct result of having foreign-born parents, independent of the predisposing characteristics. Using the sample of pooled CPS data and 1970 Census data, I employed Borjas' grouping estimation strategy to examine the intergenerational link. I find that there is a significant relationship between second generation immigrants and their mothers, independent of level of education. In addition, neighborhood effects were tested for and found to be significant. The intergenerational transfer rate of means-tested entitlement programs appears to work solely through immigrant women.
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Authors: Hetling-Vincent, Jennifer Anne
Institution: University of Colorado at Boulder
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Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Publisher Location: Boulder, CO
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Topics: Migration and Immigration
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