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Demography (2000) 37 (1): 127–138.
Published: 01 February 2000
...Guillermina Jasso; Douglas S. Massey; Mark R. Rosenzweig; James P. Smith Abstract This paper provides an overview of the New Immigrant Survey Pilot (NIS-P), a panel survey of a nationally representative sample of new legal immigrants to the United States based on probability samples...
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Demography (1982) 19 (3): 279–290.
Published: 01 August 1982
..., of the FY1971 cohort of legal immigrants to the United States as of January 1979. The merged data indicate that the cumulative net emigration rate for the entire cohort could have been as high as 50 percent. Canadian emigration was probably between 51 and 55 percent. Emigration rates for legal immigrants from...
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Demography (2024) 61 (2): 283–306.
Published: 01 April 2024
...Marcelo Castillo; Alexandra Hill; Thomas Hertz Abstract We evaluate the performance of a widely used technique for imputing the legal immigration status of U.S. immigrants in survey data—the logical imputation method. We validate this technique by implementing it in a nationally representative...
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Demography (2015) 52 (1): 329–354.
Published: 16 December 2014
...Jennifer Van Hook; James D. Bachmeier; Donna L. Coffman; Ofer Harel Abstract Researchers have developed logical, demographic, and statistical strategies for imputing immigrants’ legal status, but these methods have never been empirically assessed. We used Monte Carlo simulations to test whether...
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Demography (2019) 56 (1): 1–24.
Published: 05 December 2018
...Erin R. Hamilton; Jo Mhairi Hale; Robin Savinar Abstract Immigrant legal status determines access to the rights and privileges of U.S. society. Legal status may be conceived of as a fundamental cause of health, producing a health disparity whereby unauthorized immigrants are disadvantaged relative...
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Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2327–2335.
Published: 29 October 2020
...Cody Spence; James D. Bachmeier; Claire E. Altman; Christal Hamilton Abstract Using nationally representative survey data, this research note examines the association between immigrant legal status and poverty in the United States. Our objective is to test whether estimates of this association vary...
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Demography (2022) 59 (6): 2079–2107.
Published: 01 December 2022
... affect groups by nativity, race/ethnicity, and legal status. Linking data from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (2005–2012) with information on state immigration policies, we use an intersectional approach to examine the links between policy contexts and health care utilization by nativity, race...
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Demography (1986) 23 (3): 291–311.
Published: 01 August 1986
...Guillermina Jasso; Mark R. Rosenzweig Abstract This paper reports estimates of the total numbers of actual legal immigrants to the United States that result from the family reunification provisions of U.S. immigration law. These immigration multipliers are estimated separately for major visa...
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Demography (2020) 57 (3): 1117–1143.
Published: 18 June 2020
... experiments with samples from the United States, providing one-half of the participants with five statistics about immigration. This information bundle improves people’s attitudes toward current legal immigrants. Most effects are driven by Republicans and other groups with more negative initial attitudes...
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Demography (1988) 25 (1): 35–52.
Published: 01 February 1988
.... Legal immigrants’ effects on native white earnings, however, are small and negative. The results are consistent with the possibility that undocumented Mexican immigrants’ jobs complement those of other workers. The implications for public policy concerns about the effects of illegal Mexican immigration...
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Demography (2004) 41 (4): 721–738.
Published: 01 November 2004
... not correspond to the year of either the first or the last U.S. trip. Because many immigrants enter and leave the United States several times before becoming legal immigrants, the census question produces estimates of U.S. experience that are quite different from those produced by direct questions about trip...
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Demography (1999) 36 (2): 233–246.
Published: 01 May 1999
... . ( 1983 ). Louisville, KY : American Chamber of Commerce Research Association . Bailey , T. ( 1985 ). The Influence of Legal Status on the Labor Market Impact of Immigration. . International Migration Review , 19 , 220 – 38 . 10.2307/2545770 Bansak, C. and S. Raphael. 1998...
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 1067–1091.
Published: 27 March 2013
.... In a recent and unique survey of Mexican unauthorized immigrants interviewed upon their voluntary return or deportation to Mexico, almost a third reported experiencing difficulties in obtaining social or government services, finding legal assistance, or obtaining health care services. Additionally, half...
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Published: 01 April 2024
Fig. 1 Legal, undocumented, and overall accuracy rates in the NAWS. Accuracy rates are calculated as two-year moving averages across interview years and applying the NAWS sampling weights. The overall accuracy rate is estimated as the share of the immigrant population whose imputed immigration
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): 865–881.
Published: 01 November 2007
... Akresh I. Redstone ( 2006 ). Occupational Mobility Among Legal Immigrants to the United States . International Migration Review , 40 , 854 – 85 . 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2006.00046.x Ashenfelter, O. 1975. “The Effect of Manpower Training on Earnings: Preliminary Results.” Pp. 252-60...
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 437–450.
Published: 01 August 2003
...Pia M. Orrenius; Madeline Zavodny Abstract This article examines whether mass legalization programs reduce future undocumented immigration. We focus on the effects of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, which granted amnesty to nearly 2.7 million undocumented immigrants. We report...
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Demography (2018) 55 (4): 1487–1506.
Published: 25 June 2018
... residency status, they cannot legally work or vote and are under the threat of deportation. Recent efforts to reform immigration policies have focused on expanding opportunities for “dreamers” because public sympathy for them remains strong. Since 2001, legislators have attempted to enact...
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Demography (2001) 38 (3): 411–422.
Published: 01 August 2001
... a difference between the nonnative population enumerated in the census or the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the legally resident immigrant population: that is, this quantity equaled the enu- merated foreign-born population minus legally resident im- migrants. This approach was called the residual method...
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Demography (2021) 58 (3): 975–985.
Published: 01 June 2021
... the association between this expansion of legal rights and birth outcomes among 72,613 singleton births to high school–educated Mexican immigrant women in the United States from June 2010 to May 2014, using birth records data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Exploiting the arbitrariness...
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Demography (1983) 20 (1): 99–109.
Published: 01 February 1983
... Mexican Origin Illegal Migrant Legal Immigrant Naturalize Citizen References
Bean F. D. , & Swicegood G. ( 1982 ). Generation, Female Education and Fertility Among Mexican Americans . Social Science Quarterly , 63 , 131 – 144 .
Bean F. D. , Swicegood G...
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