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Earnings Gap, Cohort Effect and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants from M ainland C hina, H ong K ong, and T aiwan in the U nited S tates
Author(s) -
Lin Carl
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
review of international economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.513
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1467-9396
pISSN - 0965-7576
DOI - 10.1111/roie.12034
Subject(s) - immigration , earnings , economics , demographic economics , chinese americans , cohort , mainland china , new immigrants , labour economics , china , geography , medicine , finance , archaeology
Using 1990, 2000 censuses and a 2010 survey, the economic performance of ethnically Chinese immigrants from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (CHT) in the US labor market is examined. Since 1990, relative wages of CHT migrants have been escalating in contrast to other immigrants. It is shown that these widening gaps are largely explained by individual's endowments, mostly education. Rising US‐earned degrees by CHT migrants can account for this relatively successful economic assimilation. Cohort analysis shows that the economic performance of CHT migrants admitted to the USA has been improving, even allowing for the effect of aging.