This report examines changes in the pace of the economic assimilation of immigrants over the last three decades. The evidence suggests that immigrants lagged farther behind U.S.-born workers in 2000, than they had in 1990 and 1980.

John Schmitt

Jonathan Wadsworth

English

Research Papers in Economics

(0.001)* (0.001) Notes: See Table 1 35Table A4. Age, Education and Area of Origin, regression-controlled ten-year log real hourly wage growth by year-of-arrival cohort Men Women

(0.001)* (0.001) White Immigrant 2.5-12.5 yrs here

(0.001)* (0.001)* Notes:

(0.001)* (0.001)* White Immigrants 2.5-12.5 yrs here

(0.003)* (0.004) United States 2.5-12.5 yrs here

(0.003)* (0.004) White Immigrant 2.5-12.5 yrs here

(0.003)* (0.004)* United States 2.5-12.5 yrs here

(0.003)* (0.004)* White Immigrants 2.5-12.5 yrs here

(0.005) (0.004)* (0.003)* Controlling for: Age,

(0.007) (0.005) (0.004) Notes: See Table 1 23Table 5b. Effect of time in host country on employment probability of white immigrants, 1980-2000: with respect to native-born workers Great Britain United States Years here

(0.007)* (0.006)* Notes: See Table 1 30Table 8a. Regression-controlled ten-year log real hourly wage growth by year-of-arrival Men Women

(0.009)* (0.002) (0.002) (0.001)* Controlling for: Age,

(0.009)* (0.002)* (0.002)* (0.002)* Controlling for: Age,

(0.013) (0.008) (0.006) Notes: See Table 1 26Table 6b. Effect of time in host country on log real hourly wage of white immigrants, 1980-2000: (with regression controls) Great Britain United States Years here

(0.013)* (0.010)* Non-White Immigrant 2.5-12.5 yrs here

(0.014) (0.008) (0.005) Notes: See Table 1 25Table 6a. Age, education controlled effect of time in host country on hourly wage of immigrants, 1980-2000: with respect to native-born workers Great Britain United States Years here

(0.015) (0.009) (0.008) Notes: See Table 1 27Table 6c. Effect of time in host country on log real hourly wage of non-white immigrants, 1980-2000: (with regression controls) Great Britain United States Years here

(0.015)* (0.011)* Notes: See Table 1 32Table A1. Age, education and area of origin controlled effect of time in host country on employment probability of immigrants, 1980-2000: with respect to native-born workers Great Britain United States Years here

(0.016)* (0.002)* (0.002)* (0.002) Women Immigrant

(0.016)* (0.003) (0.003)* (0.002)* Notes: * significant at 5%; robust standard errors in brackets. Sample sizes GB are 116960, 100045 63972, in

(0.016)* (0.004)* (0.003)* (0.003)* Controlling for: Age,

(0.020) (0.028)* (0.007) (0.005) (0.005) Notes: See Table 1 24Table 5c. Effect of time in host country on employment probability of non-white immigrants, 1980-2000: with respect to native-born workers Great Britain United States Years here

(0.020)* (0.006) (0.004) (0.003) Notes: * significant at 5%; robust standard errors in brackets. Sample sizes GB are 69467, 54794 36784, in

(0.021)* (0.006) (0.004) (0.003) Women Immigrant

(0.027)* (0.024)* Other Immigrants 2.5-12.5 yrs here

(0.036)* (0.032) (0.032) (0.014) (0.009) Notes: See Table 1 28Table 7a. Regression-controlled ten-year employment probability change by year-of-arrival Men Women

(0.042) (0.052) Notes: See Table 1 29Table 7b. Regression-controlled ten-year employment probability change by year-of-arrival Men Women

(0.052) (0.055)* (0.019) (0.010) (0.008) Notes: See Table 1 34Table A3. Age, Education and Area of Origin, regression-controlled ten-year employment rate change by year-of-arrival cohort Men Women

(0.077) Non-White Immigrant 2.5-12.5 yrs here

(0.099) (0.074) (0.103) Notes: See Table 1 31Table 8b. Regression-controlled ten-year log real hourly wage growth by year-of-arrival Men Women

(0.100) Other Immigrants 2.5-12.5 yrs here

Impact of Immigration on the Structure of Wages in Britain”, Centre for Economic Performance Working Paper No.

Issues in the Economics of Immigration, Chicago:

The Economic Progress of Immigrants,&quot;

The Effects of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of Natives,&quot; National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 3123,

Changing Patterns in the Relative Economic Performance of Immigrants to Great Britain and the U.S., 1980-2000

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Changing Patterns in the Relative Economic Performance of Immigrants to Great Britain and the U.S., 1980-2000

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