Immigration history, entry jobs and the labor market integration of immigrants

Immigrants and the Labor Market

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The Labor Market Impact of State-Level Immigration Legislation Targeted at Unauthorized Immigrants

In this paper, we evaluate the impact of state immigration legislation targeting employment on the employment levels, population, and employment rates for working age natives and immigrants. Our quasi-experimental estimator relies on comparing average outcome levels for the six months before the legislation passes to the six months following passage in states enacting such laws relative to stat...

Immigration, Labor Market and Wage Inequality

Immigrants, Minorities, and Labor Market Competition

This paper investigates the extent of labor market competition among immigrants, minorities, and the native population. An analysis of 1980 U.S. Census data reveals that immigrants tend to be substitutes for some labor market groups and complements for others. The effects of shifts in immigrant supply on the earnings of native-born men are, however, very small. On the other hand, increases in t...

The impact of children’s entry to labor market on health expenditures of urban household

Child labor is regarded as an ambiguous and controversial challenge encountered in majority of countries across the world. Given the incidence and prevalence of this phenomenon in Iran and the importance of household health expenditures, this study was done to evaluate the impact of children’s entry into labor market on household health expenditures. This study was conducted on urban households...