COMPARISON OF PHYSIQUE AND BODY TEMPERATURE AMONG SUBTROPICAL NATIVES, IMMIGRANTS OF SUBTROPICAL NATIVES TO TEMPERATE ZONE AND TEMPERATE NATIVES

Comparison of physical characteristics, body temperature and resting metabolic rate at 30 degrees C between subtropical and temperate natives.

Are Natives and Immigrants Different? Job Search Methods and Wages: Are Natives and Immigrants Different?

Differences in job search behaviour and access to high quality informal networks may be an important reason why immigrants fare worse than natives in many European labour markets. In this study, we design and conduct a survey of newly hired workers in the Swedish labour market to analyse if there are ethnic differences in the choice of search intensity/methods and in the successful search metho...

Substitution between Immigrants, Natives, and Skill Groups*

The wage impact of immigration depends crucially on the elasticity of substitution between similarly skilled immigrants and natives and the elasticity of substitution between high school dropouts and graduates. This paper revisits the estimation of these elasticities. The U.S. data indicate that equally skilled immigrants and natives are perfect substitutes. The value of the second elasticity d...

Do immigrants improve the health of natives?

This paper studies the effects of immigration on health. Specifically, we merge information on individual characteristics from the German Socio-Economic Panel (1984-2009) with detailed local labour market characteristics, and we then exploit the longitudinal component of the data to determine how immigration affects the health of both immigrants and natives over time. We find that immigrants to...

Anthropometric Features of Body Index in Natives of Qazvin, Iran

Introduction: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate anthropometric characteristics of weight, sitting & standing height, cormic index and BMI in the adult residents of Qazvin, Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 300 adult inhabitants aged 18-55 years (180 males and 120 females) of Qazvin, Iran were evaluated. The participants were selected randomly and without any physic...