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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: Vol. 2 No. 1 (January 2010)
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Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation among US Immigrants
Article Citation
Bleakley, Hoyt, and
Aimee Chin. 2010. "Age at Arrival, English Proficiency, and Social Assimilation among US Immigrants."
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
2(1): 165-92.
DOI: 10.1257/app.2.1.165
DOI: 10.1257/app.2.1.165
Abstract
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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Bleakley, Hoyt (U Chicago)
Chin, Aimee (U Houston)
Chin, Aimee (U Houston)
JEL Classifications
J11: Demographic Trends and Forecasts; General Migration
J13: Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J61: Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
R23: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Z13: Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Social and Economic Stratification
J13: Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J61: Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
R23: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Z13: Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Social and Economic Stratification
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Posted By: Aimee Chin (University of Houston Department of Economics) (Article Author)
Date: 2010-03-09 11:50:26
I've posted the slides that Hoyt and I used to present this paper on my website: http://www.uh.edu/~achin/research/bleakley_chin_aejapp_slides.pdf.