The Assimilation of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Markets / Robert J. LaLonde, Robert H. Topel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LaLonde, Robert J.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Topel, Robert H.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w3573.

NBER working paper series no. w3573

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1990.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1990.

Summary:

This paper reassesses the evidence on the assimilation and the changing labor market skills of immigrants to the United States. We find strong evidence of labor market assimilation for most immigrant groups. For Asian and Mexican immigrants the first ten years experience in the united States raise earnings by more than 20 percent. Further, this estimate may understate the actual rate of assimilation because of the sharp decline in the relative wages of unskilled U.S. workers. We also find little evidence of declining immigrant "quality" within ethnic groups. The diminished labor market skills of new immigrants result entirely from changes in the immigrants' countries of origin.

Notes:

Print version record

December 1990.