Explaining U.S. Immigration 1971-98

The authors develop and estimate a model explaining the level and country-source composition of United States immigration since the early 1970s. The model incorporates ratios of source country income, education, and demographic structure, as well a...

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Main Authors:	Clark, Ximena, Hatton, Timothy J., Williamson, Jeffrey G.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGED AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ALIENS BENCHMARK DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS DEMOGRAPHY DIMINISHING RETURNS DISCOUNT RATE DIVERSITY ECONOMIC OUTCOMES EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT FAMILY REUNIFICATION GDP GINI COEFFICIENT HUMAN CAPITAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY INCOME INTERNATIONAL TRADE MIGRANTS NETWORK EXTERNALITIES PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POWER PURCHASING POWER QUOTAS REAL INCOME REFUGEES REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETURN MIGRATION SPOUSES TIME SERIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE VISAS WAGE RATES WORKERS YOUNG ADULTS IMMIGRATION UNITED STATES IMMIGRANT EDUCATION ECONOMIC ASPECTS IMMIGRANTS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS MIGRATION STATISTICS MIGRATION POLICY ECONOMIC MODELS DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS INEQUITY QUOTA DISTRIBUTION GEOGRAPHIC VARIABLES VARIABLE RATES IMMIGRATION LAW
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3170354/explaining-immigration-1971-98 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15617

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spelling	okr-10986-156172021-04-23T14:03:20Z Explaining U.S. Immigration 1971-98 Clark, Ximena Hatton, Timothy J. Williamson, Jeffrey G. AGED AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ALIENS BENCHMARK DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS DEMOGRAPHY DIMINISHING RETURNS DISCOUNT RATE DIVERSITY ECONOMIC OUTCOMES EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT FAMILY REUNIFICATION GDP GINI COEFFICIENT HUMAN CAPITAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY INCOME INTERNATIONAL TRADE MIGRANTS NETWORK EXTERNALITIES PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POWER PURCHASING POWER QUOTAS REAL INCOME REFUGEES REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETURN MIGRATION SPOUSES TIME SERIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE VISAS WAGE RATES WORKERS YOUNG ADULTS IMMIGRATION UNITED STATES IMMIGRANT EDUCATION ECONOMIC ASPECTS IMMIGRANTS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS MIGRATION STATISTICS MIGRATION POLICY ECONOMIC MODELS DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS INEQUITY QUOTA DISTRIBUTION GEOGRAPHIC VARIABLES VARIABLE RATES REGRESSION ANALYSIS IMMIGRATION LAW The authors develop and estimate a model explaining the level and country-source composition of United States immigration since the early 1970s. The model incorporates ratios of source country income, education, and demographic structure, as well as relative inequality. The authors' model also incorporates both network effects, as reflected in the stock of previous immigrants, and various controls for immigration quota policy. The model is estimated on a panel of 81 source countries for 1971-98. The results strongly support the influence of economic, demographic, and geographic variables as well as policy. The regression results are used to identify those factors that most influenced the changing composition of U.S. immigration by source. 2013-09-04T20:07:53Z 2013-09-04T20:07:53Z 2004-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3170354/explaining-immigration-1971-98 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15617 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3252 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research UNITED STATES
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topic	AGED AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ALIENS BENCHMARK DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS DEMOGRAPHY DIMINISHING RETURNS DISCOUNT RATE DIVERSITY ECONOMIC OUTCOMES EMIGRANTS EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT FAMILY REUNIFICATION GDP GINI COEFFICIENT HUMAN CAPITAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION POLICIES IMMIGRATION POLICY INCOME INTERNATIONAL TRADE MIGRANTS NETWORK EXTERNALITIES PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POWER PURCHASING POWER QUOTAS REAL INCOME REFUGEES REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETURN MIGRATION SPOUSES TIME SERIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE VISAS WAGE RATES WORKERS YOUNG ADULTS IMMIGRATION UNITED STATES IMMIGRANT EDUCATION ECONOMIC ASPECTS IMMIGRANTS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS MIGRATION STATISTICS MIGRATION POLICY ECONOMIC MODELS DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS INEQUITY QUOTA DISTRIBUTION GEOGRAPHIC VARIABLES VARIABLE RATES REGRESSION ANALYSIS IMMIGRATION LAW
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description	The authors develop and estimate a model explaining the level and country-source composition of United States immigration since the early 1970s. The model incorporates ratios of source country income, education, and demographic structure, as well as relative inequality. The authors' model also incorporates both network effects, as reflected in the stock of previous immigrants, and various controls for immigration quota policy. The model is estimated on a panel of 81 source countries for 1971-98. The results strongly support the influence of economic, demographic, and geographic variables as well as policy. The regression results are used to identify those factors that most influenced the changing composition of U.S. immigration by source.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Clark, Ximena Hatton, Timothy J. Williamson, Jeffrey G.
author_facet	Clark, Ximena Hatton, Timothy J. Williamson, Jeffrey G.
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title	Explaining U.S. Immigration 1971-98
title_short	Explaining U.S. Immigration 1971-98
title_full	Explaining U.S. Immigration 1971-98
title_fullStr	Explaining U.S. Immigration 1971-98
title_full_unstemmed	Explaining U.S. Immigration 1971-98
title_sort	explaining u.s. immigration 1971-98
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3170354/explaining-immigration-1971-98 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15617
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Explaining U.S. Immigration 1971-98

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