Replication data for: The Employment of Low-Skilled Immigrant Men in the United States

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Brian Duncan; Stephen J. Trejo

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Project Citation: 

Duncan, Brian, and Trejo, Stephen J. Replication data for: The Employment of Low-Skilled Immigrant Men in the United States. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112520V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Using microdata from the 2000 Census, we analyze how the employment rates of foreign-born and US-born men vary with education. After a period of adjustment during the first few years upon arrival, the overall employment rate of immigrant men quickly approaches that of US natives. Among those with the lowest education levels, immigrants exhibit substantially higher rates of employment than comparable natives. This pattern is consistent with a simple theoretical model of migrant selectivity that jointly considers a potential migrant's decisions regarding where to locate and whether to work.

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      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers


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