TY  - JOUR
AU  - Borjas,George J.
AU  - Bronars,Stephen G.
TI  - Immigration and the Family
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 3509
PY  - 1990
Y2  - November 1990
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w3509
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w3509.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
George J. Borjas
Harvard Kennedy School
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617/495-1393
Fax: 617/495-9532
E-Mail: gborjas@harvard.edu

Stephen Bronars
9113 Bell Mountian Drive
Austin, TX  78730-2704
E-Mail: sbronars@welchcon.com
AB  - This paper studies the role of the family in determining the skill composition and labor market experiences of immigrants in the United States. Our theoretical framework, based on the assumption that family migration decisions maximize household income, shows that the family attenuates the selection characterizing the skills of the immigrant population. The empirical analysis uses the 1970 and 1980 Public Use Samples of the U.S. Census, and reveals that an immigrant's skills and labor market performance are greatly influenced by the composition of the household at the time of migration, and by his placement in the immigration chain.
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