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Introduction: Background and Overview

In: Human Capital Investment

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  • Harriet Duleep

    (William & Mary)

  • Mark C. Regets

    (National Foundation for American Policy)

  • Seth Sanders

    (Cornell University)

  • Phanindra V. Wunnava

    (Middlebury College)

Abstract

This book studies earnings trajectories and human capital investment of Asian immigrants compared with immigrants from Europe and Canada immigrants. Part I posits the Immigrant Human Capital Investment (IHCI) model that suggests the entire path of earnings is needed to value migrant economic assimilation and immigrant contributions to the U.S. economy. Part II tests this on Asian immigrant men arriving in the 1960s and 1970s. Part III considers how the family and extended family and community facilitate earnings growth. Parts IV and V establish earnings patterns for immigrants arriving near the turn of the twenty-first century and refugees. Part VI then returns to Asian immigrants who entered the United States before the Immigration Act of 1924 effectively barred their immigration. Throughout this study, we emphasize the need for a life cycle model to understand immigrant economic assimilation in the United States.

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  • Harriet Duleep & Mark C. Regets & Seth Sanders & Phanindra V. Wunnava, 2020. "Introduction: Background and Overview," Springer Books, in: Human Capital Investment, chapter 0, pages 1-17, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-47083-8_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47083-8_1
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