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【论文】林树明：“Earnings Gap, Cohort Effect and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in the United States”
发布时间：2013-06-13
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Lin, Carl. 2013. "Earnings Gap, Cohort Effect and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in the United States." Review of International Economics, 21(2), 249-65.
Abstract：
Using 1990, 2000 censuses and a 2010 survey, the economic performance of ethnically Chinese immigrants from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (CHT) in the US labor market is examined. Since 1990, relative wages of CHT migrants have been escalating in contrast to other immigrants. It is shown that these widening gaps are largely explained by individual’s endowments, mostly education. Rising US-earned degrees by CHT migrants can account for this relatively successful economic assimilation. Cohort analysis shows that the economic performance of CHT migrants admitted to the USA has been improving, even allowing for the effect of aging.
Abstract：
Using 1990, 2000 censuses and a 2010 survey, the economic performance of ethnically Chinese immigrants from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (CHT) in the US labor market is examined. Since 1990, relative wages of CHT migrants have been escalating in contrast to other immigrants. It is shown that these widening gaps are largely explained by individual’s endowments, mostly education. Rising US-earned degrees by CHT migrants can account for this relatively successful economic assimilation. Cohort analysis shows that the economic performance of CHT migrants admitted to the USA has been improving, even allowing for the effect of aging.