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Following Cohorts and Individuals Over Time: Work Decisions of Married Immigrant Women

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

To test the Family Investment Model (FIM), we follow cohorts and individuals over time. Consistent with the FIM, women in the Asian developing country groups are more likely to work than West Europeans or Canadians during their initial U.S. years. Contradicting the FIM, the same pattern persists ten years later. To further test the cohort-based results, we exploit a feature of the decennial census to follow the same individuals. Our longitudinal analyses show that the relatively high propensity to work of Asian immigrant women does not decrease with time in the U.S. The strong positive correlation between the adjusted earnings gap for men and the propensity to work of immigrant women helps offset the low initial earnings of immigrant men from Asian developing countries.

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  • Harriet Duleep & Mark C. Regets & Seth Sanders & Phanindra V. Wunnava, 2020. "Following Cohorts and Individuals Over Time: Work Decisions of Married Immigrant Women," Springer Books, in: Human Capital Investment, chapter 0, pages 157-167, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-47083-8_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47083-8_14
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