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Immigration and the Human Capital of Natives

Peter McHenry
Journal of Human Resources, January 2015, 50 (1) 34-71; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.1.34
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vol. 50 no. 1 34-71
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.1.34
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received June 1, 2013
  • Accepted January 1, 2014
  • Published online February 5, 2015.
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© 2015 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Prior Literature on Immigration and Natives’ Schooling
    • III. Empirical Strategy
    • IV. Data
    • V. Results About Immigration and Natives’ Efforts and Success at School
    • VI. Results About Immigration and Natives’ School Attainment
    • VII. Results About Immigration and Natives’ Early-Career Jobs
    • VIII. Robustness of the Empirical Results
    • IX. Bias in Substitution Elasticity Estimates
    • X. Conclusion
    • Appendix 1 Supplemental Tables
    • Appendix 2 Derivation of Marginal Products
    • Appendix 3 Derivation of a Sample Size Measure for Estimates of Commuting Zone Characteristics
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