Self-selection and earnings a cross section analysis of US immigrants

The purpose of the article is to study the self-selection-corrected earnings among working male immigrants of three major ancestral groups - European, Asian and Hispanics - vis-a-vis their native-born counterparts in the USA. It shows that, after correcting for selectivity bias, Asian immigrants hav...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Bangladesh development studies
1. Verfasser: Rahman, M. A. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 1991
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Zusammenfassung:The purpose of the article is to study the self-selection-corrected earnings among working male immigrants of three major ancestral groups - European, Asian and Hispanics - vis-a-vis their native-born counterparts in the USA. It shows that, after correcting for selectivity bias, Asian immigrants have a slight advantage over European immigrants in both earnings characteristics and returns to these characteristics. (DÜI-Sen)
Beschreibung:11 Tab., Lit. S. 25-26
ISSN:0304-095X