title: What's in a name?  Country-of-origin influences on the earnings of immigrants in the United States.
abstract: "In this paper we focus on the migration-related processes that may lead to the well-documented differences in earnings and in naturalization rates across country-of-origin groups in the United States. Our theoretical framework examines how the forces of selectivity associated with the decisions by residents of non-U.S. countries to migrate to the United States and with the decisions by foreign-born U.S. residents to remain in the United States are influenced by country conditions and are reflected ultimately in the observed earnings differences among the 'survivors' of these processes who are enumerated in U.S. sample surveys.  In particular, we assess how economic conditions, origin-country attractiveness, costs of migration, the quantity and quality of information, and the country-specific restrictions of U.S. immigration law influence both who migrates to and, among the migrants, who remains in the United States.  The framework is applied to two U.S. data sets--a sample of the foreign born in the 1980 Census and a sample from the 1971 cohort of legal immigrants."
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jasso
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rosenzweig
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D003142:Communication; D003469:Culture; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006280:Health Workforce; D007182:Income; D007255:Information Services; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Communication; Comparative Studies; Cultural Background; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Foreigners; Human Resources; Income; Income Distribution; Information; Information Networks; International Migration; Knowledge Sources; Labor Force; Legislation; Macroeconomic Factors; Manpower Needs; Migrants; Migration; Migration Policy; Nationality; North America; Northern America; Origin; Place Of Birth; Policy; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Standard Of Living; United States; Wages