Moving ahead or falling behind?

Moving Ahead or Falling Behind? Gender and Wages after Legalization

I. Introduction The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) was enacted in 1986 in an effort to reduce illegal migration by fining those employers who hire unauthorized workers. At the same time, in order to recognize the commitment that many unauthorized workers had already made to the U.S. labor market, the General Legalization Program granted amnesty to approximately 1.7 million people who...

Moving Ahead or Falling Behind? California’s Fast - Growing Latino Workforce

Falling Behind, Forging Ahead and Falling Behind Again: Thailand from 1870 to 2014

The paper argues that Thailand’s economic and social development from the late 19th century to the early 21st century presents a puzzle. For much of the period from 1870 to 1940, the country’s economic growth was slow, and the economy remained agricultural, with little diversification into modern industry or services. It was the only Southeast Asian country to escape direct colonization, and ye...

Catching up , forging ahead or falling behind ? Central and Eastern European development in 1990 2005

This paper aims to assess the economic development and development policies in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries in 199

Moving Up or Falling Behind? Intergenerational Socioeconomic Transmission among Children of Immigrants in Norway

Using Norwegian registry data, I study the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment and adult earnings from immigrant parents to their second-generation children. Generational progress is documented by strongly reduced native-immigrant gaps in completed education and relative earnings position among the immigrant offspring compared to the gaps found in the parental generation. T...