How do immigrants spend their time? The process of assimilation

Daniel Hamermesh and Stephen Trejo

Journal of Population Economics, 2013, vol. 26, issue 2, 507-530

Abstract: Sharp differences in time use by nativity emerge when activities are distinguished by incidence and intensity in recent US data. A model with daily fixed costs for assimilating activities predicts that immigrants are less likely than natives to undertake such activities on a given day; but those who do will spend relatively more time on them. Activities such as purchasing, education, and market work conform to the model. Other results suggest that fixed costs for assimilating activities are higher for immigrants with poor English proficiency or who originate in less developed countries. An analysis of comparable Australian data yields similar results. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2013

Keywords: Time use; Fixed costs; Incidence; Intensity; J11; J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s00148-012-0440-x

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