Chasing the American Dream: The Role of Aspirations and Expectations
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Keywords
Add health database; aspirations; expectations; immigrant paradox; education performance.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2024-12-30 (Education)
- NEP-MIG-2024-12-30 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-URE-2024-12-30 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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