Abstract This paper explores the relationship between social identity and labor market outcomes of immigrants. Using survey data from Italy, we provide robust evidence that integrated immigrants, who state they have strong feelings belonging to societies both host home country, higher employment rates than do assimilated identify exclusively with country culture. Unlike previous literature, our...

Introduction: Strongyloidiasis can vary from asymptomatic infection to life-threatening multisystem disease especially in immunocompromised patients. Although strongyloidiasis is a rare diagnosis in USA, transmission through immigrants and refugees obscured the geographical boundary. The clinical presentations vary widely depending on underlying comorbidities and immuno-

Few immigrant travelers have Plasmodium falciparum infections >2 months after leaving malaria-endemic areas. We conducted a case-control study to identify factors associated with prolonged P. falciparum infection in immigrant travelers. Results suggest that P. falciparum infection should be systematically suspected, even months after travel, especially in pregnant women and first-arrival immigr...

Many problematic issues exist in the South Bend community that influenced our decision to research financial literacy among Mexican migrants. Clearly, financial literacy is a problem for most Americans, as evidenced by the recent financial crisis. Immigrants are especially vulnerable to negative externalities of the financial system, as they often do not speak English or have relevant financial...

Declining fertility in developed countries along with rising number of immigrants and different fertility behavior exhibited by the immigrants make the immigrants' fertility an interesting topic in field of demography. However most of the studies on immigrants' fertility consider the female immigrants as their subject on the assumption that they represent the immigrants' fertility. This study t...

We explore whether fear of apprehension affects immigrants' labor market engagement by examining how ICE removals due to immigration violations and increased awareness raids impact their outcomes. find that deportations are associated with reductions in the force participation employment likely undocumented immigrants when compared similarly skilled foreign-born U.S.citizens. Effects particular...

The situations of nineteenth century dock workers and today’s immigrant day laborers bear striking similarities and challenges, especially for those seeking to organize them into labor unions. The obstacles confronting such organizing efforts also underscore the legitimate concerns many Americans have about the threats to social order posed by immigrants today.

We explore whether fear of apprehension affects immigrants' labor market engagement by examining how ICE removals due to immigration violations and increased awareness raids impact their outcomes. find that deportations are associated with reductions in the force participation employment likely undocumented immigrants when compared similarly skilled foreign-born U.S.citizens. Effects particular...

BACKGROUND Economic inequality in the United States is extreme, but little is known about the national origin of affluent households. Households in the top one percent by total wealth own vastly disproportionate quantities of household assets and have correspondingly high levels of economic, social, and political influence. The overrepresentation of white natives (i.e., those born in the U.S.) ...

This paper analyzes the effect of immigrants’ networks on the decision of individual firms to starting exporting to the immigrants’ home country. Existing evidence on the trade-creating effect of immigrants show a robust effect, however at the national or regional level. Using French exports at the firm-level to 61 countries, I find that increasing the number of foreign immigrants in the region...