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Family-friendly and human-capital-based immigration policy

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  • Harriet Duleep

    (College of William and Mary, USA, and IZA, Germany)

  • Mark Regets

    (National Foundation for American Policy, USA, and IZA, Germany)

Abstract

Immigrants who start with low earnings, such as family-based immigrants, experience higher earnings growth than immigrants who are recruited for specific jobs (employment-based immigrants). This occurs because family-based immigrants with lower initial earnings invest in human capital at higher rates than natives or employment-based immigrants. Therefore, immigrants who start at low initial earnings invest in new human capital that allows them to respond to the ever-changing needs of the host country’s economy.

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  • Harriet Duleep & Mark Regets, 2017. "Family-friendly and human-capital-based immigration policy," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 389-389, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:y:2017:n:389
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    Keywords

    immigrant selection; immigration policy; earnings growth; human capital investment;
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    JEL classification:

    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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