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Health Perpetuation: The Impact Of Parent Region Of Born On Children Use Of Health Care And Health Status, Monica Garcia-Perez
Health Perpetuation: The Impact Of Parent Region Of Born On Children Use Of Health Care And Health Status, Monica Garcia-Perez
Economics Faculty Working Papers
Children of immigrants have received increasing attention in recent years because first and secondgeneration children of immigrant families are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. This paper addresses the relationship between child access to and use of health services, and perceived health, and parental nativity after controlling for enabling, predisposing and need variables discussed in the literature. Even though socioeconomic variability and background cannot entirely explain health differences across children, it is important to know the intergenerational effects of health inequalities among different groups. Using data from from the Integrated Health Interview Series from 2000 to 2009, I analyze …
Does It Matter Who I Work For And Who I Work With? The Impact Of Owners And Coworkers Birthplace And Race On Hiring And Wages, Monica Garcia-Perez
Does It Matter Who I Work For And Who I Work With? The Impact Of Owners And Coworkers Birthplace And Race On Hiring And Wages, Monica Garcia-Perez
Economics Faculty Working Papers
This paper investigates the effect of firm owners and coworkers on hiring patterns and wages. Firstly, I explore the potential mechanisms generating their interrelation. Using a search model where social networks reduce search frictions, I develop the theoretical implications of social ties between owners and workers for individual labor market outcomes. In the model, wages are derived endogenously as a function of the efficiency of the social ties of current employees. Firms decide whether to fill their vacancies by posting their offers or by using their current workers’ connections. As a result, individuals with a more efficient connection tend to …