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Occupational Licensing And Immigrants, Hugh Cassidy, Tennecia Dacass
Occupational Licensing And Immigrants, Hugh Cassidy, Tennecia Dacass
Economics Faculty Scholarship
This study examines the incidence and impact of occupational licensing on immigrants using two sources of data: the Current Population Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation. We find that immigrants are significantly less likely to have a license than similar natives and that this gap is largest for men, workers in the highest education level, and nonnaturalized immigrants. The licensing rate increases with years since migration and shows large variation by immigrants’ region of origin. A lack of English proficiency reduces the probability that an immigrant has a license. The wage premium from having a license is …
Problems And Difficulties Of Chinese Immigrants In North America - Selected Case Studies, Pency Su-Yuan Wu
Problems And Difficulties Of Chinese Immigrants In North America - Selected Case Studies, Pency Su-Yuan Wu
All Graduate Projects
The purpose of this project was to investigate and explore problems and difficulties of Chinese immigrants in North America. To accomplish this purpose, a review of related literature was conducted. Additionally, selected recent Chinese immigrants in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada were interviewed and their testimony was analyzed.
A Comparison Of The Language Achievement Levels Of The Mexican-American Migrant Child With That Of The Mexican-American Non-Migrant Child, Kieth L. Miller
A Comparison Of The Language Achievement Levels Of The Mexican-American Migrant Child With That Of The Mexican-American Non-Migrant Child, Kieth L. Miller
All Master's Theses
This study was undertaken in order to determine what differences exist between Spanish speaking migrant children and Spanish speaking non-migrant children in the area of Reading and Word Knowledge.
The History Of The Japanese In Seattle And Its Environs: First Arrival To 1940, Peter Armstrong Vall-Spinosa
The History Of The Japanese In Seattle And Its Environs: First Arrival To 1940, Peter Armstrong Vall-Spinosa
All Master's Theses
This study is an effort to give an historical perspective on the Japanese living in the Puget Sound region up to 1940.