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The Gravity of High-Skilled Migration Policies
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Demography (2017) 54 (2): 603–630.
Published: 13 March 2017
...-country assessment of policies aimed to attract and select high-skilled workers. Points-based systems are much more effective in attracting and selecting high-skilled migrants than requiring a job offer, labor market tests, and shortage lists. Offers of permanent residency, while attracting the highly...
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Fertility Responses of High-Skilled Native Women to Immigrant Inflows
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Demography (2016) 53 (1): 27–53.
Published: 10 December 2015
... for observed and unobserved characteristics of cities that stay constant over time are biased upward if low-skilled immigrants have become increasingly likely to settle in cities where high-skilled native-born women are developing stronger preferences for large families. On the other hand, if cities...
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Associations of low- and high-skilled immigration with native and immigrant...
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Government policy objectives on high-skilled migration (% of countries aimi...
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Fig. 1 Government policy objectives on high-skilled migration (% of countries aiming to raise high-skilled immigration). Source: Data from UN World Population Policies 2015 ( http://esa.un.org/PopPolicy )
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Associations of low- and high-skilled immigration with native wages from th...
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Fig. 3 Associations of low- and high-skilled immigration with native wages from the ConsPUMA analysis, 1980–2011
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High-skilled migration policies across 10 Western destinations, 2000–2012. ...
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Fig. 2 High-skilled migration policies across 10 Western destinations, 2000–2012. Light gray = policy does not exist; dark gray = policy implemented
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High-skilled migration policies across 10 Western destinations, 2000–2012. ...
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Fig. 2 High-skilled migration policies across 10 Western destinations, 2000–2012. Light gray = policy does not exist; dark gray = policy implemented
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Education–Occupation Mismatch and Nativity Inequality Among Highly Educated U.S. Workers
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Demography (2023) 60 (1): 201–226.
Published: 01 February 2023
...Xiaoguang Li; Yao Lu Abstract Extensive research has documented persistent nativity inequality in the U.S. labor market, even among high-skilled immigrants. Yet, this phenomenon has not been sufficiently explained. This study investigates whether different types of education–occupation mismatch...
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U.S. Occupational Mobility of Children of Immigrants Based on Parents' Origin-Country Occupation
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Demography (2021) 58 (1): 219–245.
Published: 01 February 2021
... parent-child U.S. intergenerational occupational mobility patterns and child occupational attainment differ based on parental premigration occupational status (i.e., low- vs. high-skilled) and parental postmigration occupational mobility (i.e., upward, same, or downward). Our results suggest...
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Immigration and the Wage Distribution in the United States
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Demography (2019) 56 (6): 2229–2252.
Published: 22 November 2019
...Fig. 2 Associations of low- and high-skilled immigration with native and immigrant wages ...
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Share of immigrants in the Medicaid-only group. Panel a shows the share of ...
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Fig. 3 Share of immigrants in the Medicaid-only group. Panel a shows the share of agricultural workers classified as legal using the BC algorithm owing to Medicaid alone. Panel b shows the corresponding summary for all, high-skill, and low-skill immigrants. “Low-skill” are workers who have
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Demography (2021) 58 (2): 419–450.
Published: 01 April 2021
... suggest that within the universal, subsidized, high-quality French childcare system, experiences of early collective care appear to benefit children's language development but also have a negative influence on behavior. Moreover, positive effects on language skills appear to be particularly concentrated...
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View articletitled, The Impact of Center-Based Childcare Attendance on Early Child Development: Evidence From the French Elfe Cohort
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Does Starting Universal Childcare Earlier Influence Children’s Skill Development?
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Demography (2020) 57 (1): 61–98.
Published: 15 January 2020
... entrance examinations. We also find no evidence of skill improvements for children with low socioeconomic status, although we provide suggestive evidence that they may benefit from high-quality care. Our estimates refer to children who start childcare before they become legally entitled, for whom...
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Bombay migration study: A pilot analysis of migration to an Asian metropolis
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 378–392.
Published: 01 June 1966
... emphasis on changes in industrial and occupotiona structure. For the 1951–61 decade, the extensiveness of out-migration of former in-migrants, its age-sex selectivity, and its high incidence among recent migrants are demonstrated. As is true elsewhere, migration to Bombay is shown to be highly selective...
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Body Weight, Eating Patterns, and Physical Activity: The Role of Education
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Demography (2014) 51 (4): 1225–1249.
Published: 01 July 2014
..., for BMI and calorie expenditure, the effect of education is significant for females and is more pronounced for women with high body mass and low physical activity. On the other hand, the effect of education on eating patterns is significant mainly for males, being more beneficial for men with elevated...
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The Value of an Employment-Based Green Card
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Demography (2012) 49 (1): 219–237.
Published: 13 December 2011
... that for employer-sponsored immigrants, the acquisition of a green card leads to an annual wage gain of about $11,860. 10 11 2011 13 12 2011 © Population Association of America 2011 2011 Immigration Permanent residency High skill Mobility Employment of foreign-born workers...
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The new immigrant survey pilot (NIS-P): Overview and new findings about U.S. Legal immigrants at admission
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Demography (2000) 37 (1): 127–138.
Published: 01 February 2000
... and high-quality data. On the basis of data obtained from the first round of the survey, we present new information never before available on the schooling and language skills of new immigrants and their earnings gains from immigration. mmigration affects American society in profound ways. Yet in perhaps...
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Socioeconomic Segregation, Campus Social Context, and Disparities in Bachelor's Degree Attainment
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Demography (2021) 58 (3): 1039–1064.
Published: 01 June 2021
... of higher education, cultivating separate and distinct social environments that can influence students' outcomes. Using information on the academic careers of a nationally representative sample of U.S. high school students who entered college in the mid-2000s, matched with external information on the social...
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How do marital status, work effort, and wage rates interact?
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Demography (2007) 44 (3): 623–647.
Published: 01 August 2007
... married and having high earnings reinforce each other over time. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2007 2007 Ordinary Little Square Wage Rate Unobserved Heterogeneity Work Effort Wage Premium References Ahituv A. , & Lerman R. ( 2005 ). Job...
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Postimmigration investments in Education: a Study of Immigrants in the Netherlands
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): 883–898.
Published: 01 November 2007
... of schooling (Table 3). The odds of educational enrollment are about six times as high among immigrants who move to pursue their educational career than among labor migrants. Considering country of origin, the skill transferability mechanism predicts that Turks and Moroccans (who originate from a country...
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