Transmitting Occupational Niches From First to Second-Generation Immigrants: Are There Earnings Consequences From Being the Copycat Generation?

In recent years, the number of second-generation immigrants entering the labor market has been increasing at a rapid pace. Their parents had immigrated in large waves, with many joining niche occupations dominated by their ethnic groups. This study looks to determine the economic impact of first-generation niche occupations, the extent that the second-generation enters the same occupations, and the resulting consequences on the second-generation’s income levels. In particular, the study investigates whether the second-generation will sustain the first-generation earnings advantage (or disadvantage) relative to natives. This research examines immigrants from China, India, the Philippines, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Data from the Current Population Survey are empirically tested through two separate OLS regressions. Results differ between countries, but imply no exact set of occupations transmitted across generations. There is some evidence of the continuation of intergenerational income advantage (or disadvantage) within immigrant groups

Experimental Economics Comes to Life – Prior Appropriations in the Mimbres River Basin

In this short piece, Melissa Seeborg describes a study to explore price differentials in the water leasing market, led by Professor Craig Broadbent

The Effect Of Marital Status On The Standard Of Living Of Young Men And Women

The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data base is used to explore the effects of changes in marital status on the standard of living of a sample of young adults. OLS regression analysis indicates that changes in marital status have very different effects on young women and young men.  Women receive large increases in their income-to-needs ratios when they marry, and they incur large declines in their income-to-needs ratios after experiencing a divorce or separation.  Men, on the other hand, do not experience significant changes in their income-to-needs ratios when their marital status changes