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Working Papers

2009

1. Recent Trends in the Earnings of New Immigrants to the United States
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. The Analytics of the Wage Effect of Immigration
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2008

3. Imperfect Substitution between Immigrants and Natives: A Reappraisal
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2007

4. Labor Outflows and Labor Inflows in Puerto Rico
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2006

5. A Comparative Analysis of the Labor Market Impact of International Migration: Canada, Mexico, and the United States
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
6. Immigration and African-American Employment Opportunities: The Response of Wages, Employment, and Incarceration to Labor Supply Shocks
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
7. Immigration in High-Skill Labor Markets: The Impact of Foreign Students on the Earnings of Doctorates
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Chapter (2009)
8. Making it in America: Social Mobility in the Immigrant Population
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2005

9. Native Internal Migration and the Labor Market Impact of Immigration
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
10. The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2007)
11. The Labor Market Impact of High-Skill Immigration
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2005)

2004

12. Do Foreign Students Crowd Out Native Students from Graduate Programs?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2003

13. The Labor Demand Curve is Downward Sloping: Reexamining the Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2003)
14. Welfare Reform, Labor Supply, and Health Insurance in the Immigrant Population
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2003)

2002

15. Food Insecurity and Public Assistance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research (2001)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2004)
16. Homeownership in the Immigrant Population
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (2002)
17. The Wage Structure and the Sorting of Workers into the Public Sector
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2000

18. Foreign-Born Teaching Assistants and the Academic Performance of Undergraduates
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2000)
19. Immigration and the Food Stamp Program
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
20. Market Responses to Interindustry Wage Differentials
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1999

21. Economic Research on the Determinants of Immigration. Lesons for the European Union
    Working Papers, World Bank - Technical Papers View citations

1998

22. Immigration and Welfare Magnets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1999)
23. The Economic Progress of Immigrants
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2000)

1997

24. Ethnicity and the Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Dependency
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
25. To Ghetto or Not to Ghetto: Ethnicity and Residential Segregation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (1998)

1996

26. Searching for the Effect of Immigration on the Labor Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1996)

1995

27. Immigration and the Welfare State: Immigrant Participation in Means- Tested Entitlement Programs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1996)

1994

28. Assimilation and Changes in Cohort Quality Revisited: What Happened to Immigrant Earnings in the 1980s?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1995)
29. Ethnicity, Neighborhoods, and Human Capital Externalities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1995)
30. Immigration and Welfare, 1970-1990
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
31. Long-Run Convergence of Ethnic Skill Differentials
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
32. The Economic Benefits from Immigration
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1995)
33. Who Leaves? The Outmigration of the Foreign-Born
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1996)

1993

34. A Two-Stage Estimator for Probit Models with Structural Group Effects
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego (1991) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (1994)
35. Foreign Competition, Market Power and Wage Inequality: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1992

36. National Origin and Immigrant Welfare Recipiency
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1993)
37. Self-Selection and Internal Migration in the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (1992)
38. The Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1993)

1991

39. Ethnic Capital and Intergenerational Mobility
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1992)
40. Immigrant Participation in the Welfare System
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
41. Immigration Policy, National Origin, and Immigrant Skills: A Comparison of Canada and the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1993)
42. National Origin and the Skills of Immigrants in the Postwar Period
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1992)
43. ON THE LABOR MARKET EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION AND TRADE
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations
    See also Chapter (1992)

1990

44. Immigration and the Family
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1991)

1989

45. Consumer Discrimination and Self-Employment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1989)

1988

46. Immigration And Self-Selection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1991)
47. Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1987)

1987

48. Immigrants, Minorities, and Labor Market Competition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1986

49. The Impact of Assimilation on the Earnings of Immigrants: A Reexamination of the Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
50. The Self-Employment Experience of Immigrants
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
51. The Sensitivity of Labor Demand Functions to Choice of Dependent Variable
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1986)

1982

52. Wage Growth and Job Turnover: An Empirical Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1981)

1978

53. Discrimination in HEW: Is the Doctor Sick or Are the Patients Healthy?
    University of Chicago - George G. Stigler Center for Study of Economy and State, Chicago - Center for Study of Economy and State View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law & Economics (1978)
54. Job Mobility and Earnings Over the Life Cycle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
55. Labor Supply Estimates For Public Policy Evaluation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1977

56. Middle-Age Job Mobility: Its Determinants and Consequences
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1976

57. The Distribution of Earnings Profiles in Longitudinal Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

Undated

58. The Demography of Legalization: Insights From Administrative Records of Legalized Aliens Final Report to ASPE, Department of Health and Human Services
    University of Chicago - Population Research Center, Chicago - Population Research Center

Journal Articles

2005

1. Immigration trends in the New York metropolitan area
   Economic Policy Review, 2005, (Dec), 91-101
2. The Labor-Market Impact of High-Skill Immigration
   American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 56-60 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

3. Food insecurity and public assistance
   Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (7-8), 1421-1443 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2003

4. The Labor Demand Curve Is Downward Sloping: Reexamining The Impact Of Immigration On The Labor Market
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2003, 118, (4), 1335-1374 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)
5. Welfare reform, labor supply, and health insurance in the immigrant population
   Journal of Health Economics, 2003, 22, (6), 933-958 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2002

6. Homeownership in the immigrant population
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, 52, (3), 448-476 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

7. Dollarization and the Mexican Labor Market
   Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2001, 33, (2), 626-47 View citations
   Also in Proceedings, 2001, 626-647 (2001) View citations

2000

8. Foreign-Born Teaching Assistants and the Academic Performance of Undergraduates
   American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 355-359 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)

1999

9. Immigration and Welfare Magnets
   Journal of Labor Economics, 1999, 17, (4), 607-37 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1998)

1998

10. To Ghetto or Not to Ghetto: Ethnicity and Residential Segregation
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1998, 44, (2), 228-253 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1996

11. Immigration and the Welfare State: Immigrant Participation in Means-Tested Entitlement Programs
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1996, 111, (2), 575-604 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1995)
12. Reply to Julian Simon's Rejoinder [Review of Julian Simon, The Economic Consequences of Immigration]
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1996, 34, (3), 1332-1333
13. Searching for the Effect of Immigration on the Labor Market
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (2), 246-51 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
14. The earnings of Mexican immigrants in the United States
    Journal of Development Economics, 1996, 51, (1), 69-98 View citations
15. Who Leaves? The Outmigration of the Foreign-Born
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 78, (1), 165-76 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1995

16. Assimilation and Changes in Cohort Quality Revisited: What Happened to Immigrant Earnings in the 1980s?
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1995, 13, (2), 201-45 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
17. Ethnicity, Neighborhoods, and Human-Capital Externalities
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (3), 365-90 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
18. Foreign Competition, Market Power, and Wage Inequality
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995, 110, (4), 1075-1110 View citations
19. The Economic Benefits from Immigration
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1995, 9, (2), 3-22 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
20. The internationalization of the U.S. labor market and the wage structure
    Economic Policy Review, 1995, (Jan), 3-8 View citations

1994

21. A two-stage estimator for probit models with structural group effects
    Journal of Econometrics, 1994, 64, (1-2), 165-182 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)
22. Immigrant Skills and Ethnic Spillovers
    Journal of Population Economics, 1994, 7, (2), 99-118 View citations
23. The Economics of Immigration
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1994, 32, (4), 1667-1717 View citations
24. Time-Series Evidence on the
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 10-16 View citations

1993

25. National origin and immigrant welfare recipiency
    Journal of Public Economics, 1993, 50, (3), 325-344 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)
26. The Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1993, 11, (1), 113-35 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1992

27. Assimilation and the Earnings of Young Internal Migrants
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1992, 74, (1), 170-75 View citations
28. Ethnic Capital and Intergenerational Mobility
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1992, 107, (1), 123-50 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)
29. Self-selection and internal migration in the United States
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1992, 32, (2), 159-185 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1991

30. Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market: 1940-80
    American Economic Review, 1991, 81, (2), 287-91
31. Immigration and the Family
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1991, 9, (2), 123-48 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1990

32. Job search with belated information and wage signalling A comment
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1990, 14, (1), 187-192
33. Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (1), 305-08 View citations

1989

34. Consumer Discrimination and Self-employment
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (3), 581-605 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)
35. Immigrant and Emigrant Earnings: A Longitudinal Study
    Economic Inquiry, 1989, 27, (1), 21-37 View citations

1987

36. Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (4), 531-53 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1988)

1986

37. The Sensitivity of Labor Demand Functions to Choice of Dependent Variable
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1986, 68, (1), 58-66 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1986)
38. The earnings of state government employees in the United States
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1986, 19, (2), 156-173 View citations

1985

39. Assimilation, Changes in Cohort Quality, and the Earnings of Immigrants
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1985, 3, (4), 463-89 View citations

1984

40. Electoral Cycles and the Earnings of Federal Bureaucrats
    Economic Inquiry, 1984, 22, (4), 447-59 View citations

1983

41. The Substitutability of Black, Hispanic, and White Labor
    Economic Inquiry, 1983, 21, (1), 93-106 View citations

1982

42. Labor turnover in the U.S. federal bureaucracy
    Journal of Public Economics, 1982, 19, (2), 187-202 View citations
43. The Politics of Employment Discrimination in the Federal Bureaucracy
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1982, 25, (2), 271-99 View citations

1981

44. Consumer discrimination and the firm's demand for black labor
    Economics Letters, 1981, 8, (4), 385-391

1980

45. Does Unemployment Cause Future Unemployment? Definitions, Questions and Answers from a Continuous Time Model of Heterogeneity and State Dependence
    Economica, 1980, 47, (187), 247-83 View citations
46. Promotions and wage discrimination in the federal government: Evidence from H.E.W
    Economics Letters, 1980, 6, (4), 381-385
47. Wage Determination in the Federal Government: The Role of Constituents and Bureaucrats
    Journal of Political Economy, 1980, 88, (6), 1110-47 View citations

1979

48. Income effects in quality-quantity models
    Economics Letters, 1979, 3, (2), 125-131

1978

49. Biased Screening and Discrimination in the Labor Market
    American Economic Review, 1978, 68, (5), 918-22 View citations
50. Discrimination in HEW: Is the Doctor Sick or Are the Patients Healthy?
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1978, 21, (1), 97-110 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1978)
51. The Economics of Job Search: A Comment
    Economic Inquiry, 1978, 16, (1), 119-25 View citations

Books

2007

1. Mexican Immigration to the United States
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1992

2. Immigration and the Workforce: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

Chapters

2009

1. Immigration in High-Skill Labor Markets: The Impact of Foreign Students on the Earnings of Doctorates
   A chapter in Science and Engineering Careers in the United States: An Analysis of Markets and Employment, 2009
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2007

2. Introduction to "Mexican Immigration to the United States"
   A chapter in Mexican Immigration to the United States, 2007, pp 1-12
3. The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States
   A chapter in Mexican Immigration to the United States, 2007, pp 13-56 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2000

4. Introduction to "Issues in the Economics of Immigration"
   A chapter in Issues in the Economics of Immigration, 2000, pp 1-14
5. The Economic Progress of Immigrants
   A chapter in Issues in the Economics of Immigration, 2000, pp 15-50 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1998)

1999

6. The economic analysis of immigration
   Chapter 28 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part A, pp 1697-1760 View citations

1993

7. Immigration Policy, National Origin, and Immigrant Skills: A Comparison of Canada and the United States
   A chapter in Small Differences That Matter: Labor Markets and Income Maintenance in Canada and the United States, 1993, pp 21-44 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1991)

1992

8. Introduction and Summary
   A chapter in Immigration and the Workforce: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas, 1992, pp 1-16 View citations
9. National Origin and the Skills of Immigrants in the Postwar Period
   A chapter in Immigration and the Workforce: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas, 1992, pp 17-48 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1991)
10. On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade
    A chapter in Immigration and the Workforce: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas, 1992, pp 213-244 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1991

11. Immigration and Self-Selection
    A chapter in Immigration, Trade and the Labor Market, 1991, pp 29-76 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1988)
12. Undocumented Mexican-born Workers in the United States: How Many, How Permanent?
    A chapter in Immigration, Trade and the Labor Market, 1991, pp 77-100 View citations

1986

13. The Demographic Determinants of the Demand for Black Labor
    A chapter in The Black Youth Employment Crisis, 1986, pp 191-232 View citations

1981

14. Wage Growth and Job Turnover: An Empirical Analysis
    A chapter in Studies in Labor Markets, 1981, pp 65-90 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1982)

Editor

1. The Review of Economics and Statistics
   MIT Press