Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267881 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1221
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Using historical, longitudinal data on individuals, we track the earnings of immigrant and U.S.-born women. Following individuals, instead of synthetic cohorts, avoids biases in earnings-growth estimates caused by compositional changes in the cohorts that are followed. The historical data contradict key predictions of the Family Investment Hypothesis, shed light on its genesis, and inform its further testing. Challenging the perception that the quality of U.S. immigrants fell after the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, immigrant women, as previously found for immigrant men, have high earnings growth.
Subjects: 
Immigrant earning growth
human capital investment
skill transferability
immigrant quality
sample restrictions
family investment model
JEL: 
J15
J16
J24
J31
C1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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