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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"selective migration"”.
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Topics in Selective Migration and Economic Assimilation of New Immigrants
… comprises three studies on topics in selective migration and economic assimilation of new immigrants. The first study examines the influence of selective migration on Asian Americans’ academic success. Conventional explanations attribute their academic advantage to a distinctive …
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The Immigration Paradox: Exploring Filipino American Psychological Distress
… language) and structural (nativity, age at immigration, and poverty in city of birth) variables. The results indicate that cultural variables are important in understanding psychological distress among Filipino Americans. Relative deprivation was not associated with psychological distress, and …
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First and second generation impacts of shocks in early childhood: evidence from Latin America and Africa
… avoid any bias in the estimates due to possible selective migration caused by the disaster. The main results indicate that in utero and young children are the most vulnerable to natural disasters and suffer the most long-lasting negative effects including less human capital accumulation, worse …
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Does mining alleviate or exacerbate poverty: Are local community grievances really 'Much Ado about Nothing'?
… and checks for alternative explanations such as selective migration and sample checks. The study uses the Limpopo Province of South Africa as a suitable case study.