Background With the transformation of China's economy and society, the floating population
has also shown a new development trend, from individual migration to co-migration with …

Abstract Language proficiency is a crucial skill for immigrants that influences their social
integration and their children's development. This study examines the intergenerational …

Abstract Using the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS) and the New Immigrant
Survey (NIS), this paper estimates the effect of immigrants' English proficiency on the …

The lack of health insurance coverage is one of the most serious challenges confronting
refugees and an important public policy issue. This study examines how refugees' human …

Abstract Ban-the-box (BTB) laws, which prevent employers from asking prospective
employees about their criminal histories at initial job screenings, are intended to increase …

I find that the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which conferred
protection from deportation and work authorization to undocumented immigrants who had …

This study evaluates how healthcare employers' staffing decisions and labor demand
respond to increased Medicaid eligibility using a database of more than 14 million job …

Health disparities between different racial/ethnic groups in the United States are substantial.
When reviewed across an extensive body of literature, these disparities have been …

Over the last two decades, state and local governments have adopted policies requiring
employers to electronically verify (E‐Verify) the work eligibility of their new hires to disrupt …

This study reports on the role of English language proficiency (ELP) in immigrants' health
and economic integration in the USA. Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) …