Replication data for: Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation among US Immigrants

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Hoyt Bleakley; Aimee Chin

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Project Citation: 

Bleakley, Hoyt, and Chin, Aimee. Replication data for: Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation among US Immigrants. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2010. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113738V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Are the English proficiency and social outcomes of US immigrants the result of their cultural preferences or of more fundamental constraints? Using 2000 census microdata, we relate the English proficiency, marriage, fertility, and residential location variables of immigrants to their age at the time of arrival in the United States, and, in particular, whether that age fell within the "critical period" of language acquisition. We interpret the differences between younger and older arrivers as effects of English language skills and construct an instrumental variable for English language skills. Two-stage-least-squares estimates suggest English proficiency increases the likelihood of divorce and intermarriage. It decreases fertility and, for some, ethnic enclave residence. (JEL J11, J13, J61, R23, Z13)

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      J11 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
      R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
      Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification


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