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immigrant cohort quality: a standalone construct

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Labor economics

differences in skill between successive immigrant arrival cohorts, which can make cross-sectional estimates overstate earnings assimilation.

In labor economics, immigrant cohort quality refers to differences in skill between successive immigrant arrival cohorts, which can make cross-sectional estimates overstate earnings assimilation. This meaning comes from Borjas (1985) in Journal of Labor Economics.[1]

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References

Borjas, G. J. (1985). Assimilation, Changes in Cohort Quality, and the Earnings of Immigrants. Journal of Labor Economics, 3(4), 463-489. https://doi.org/10.1086/298065

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