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Title: The Quantity and Quality of New Immigrants to the US

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Since immigration to the US began to accelerate in the 1970s, economicand social policy issues surrounding immigration frequently raise concern andgenerate debate. These policy debates often aim to mitigate the costs of immigrationand augment the benefits. Key to this is understanding the characteristics ofimmigrants, especially those related to economic success and integration. A commonlyaccepted finding in the economic literature regards the declining economicquality of successive immigrant cohorts as measured by differences in entrywages across cohorts. In this paper, I refine our understanding of immigrant cohortquality. I show that increasing competition in the labor market among immigrantscan explain a significant portion of declining quality. This result suggests thatlabor market interactions are as important to immigrant economic integration astheir inherent quality.

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Authors: Bohn, Sarah E.

Periodical (Full): Review of Economics of the Household

Issue: 1

Volume: 8

Pages: 29-51

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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