Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52057 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5852
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The Irish-born population in England is in worse health than both the native population and the Irish population in Ireland, a reversal of the commonly observed healthy migrant effect. Recent birth-cohorts living in England and born in Ireland, however, are healthier than the English population. The substantial Irish health penalty arises principally for cohorts born between 1920 and 1960. This paper attempts to understand the processes that generated this migrant health pattern. Our results suggest a strong role for early childhood conditions and economic selection in driving the dynamics of health differences between the Irish-born migrants and White English populations.
Subjects: 
healthy migrants
mental health
migrant selectivity
JEL: 
J60
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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