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Can immigrants insure against shocks as well as the native-born?

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  • Asadul Islam
  • Steven Stillman
  • Christopher Worswick

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We examine the impact of job displacement and serious health problems on multiple measures of individual and household well-being using longitudinal data. We extend the previous literature by examining whether these shocks have differential effects for the native-born and immigrants and whether shock mitigation strategies and their effectiveness differ by immigration status. Our results suggest that both immigrants and native-born individuals have access to similar institutional and other formal and informal risk-sharing arrangements such that they are able to mitigate shocks against job loss or illness almost equally.

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  • Asadul Islam & Steven Stillman & Christopher Worswick, 2018. "Can immigrants insure against shocks as well as the native-born?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(49), pages 5302-5315, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:50:y:2018:i:49:p:5302-5315
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1486987
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    JEL classification:

    • J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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