A MODEL OF THE SKILL COMPOSITION OF US IMMIGRATION

Authors
GREENWOOD MJ MCDOWELL JM WALDMAN DM
Citation
Mj. Greenwood et al., A MODEL OF THE SKILL COMPOSITION OF US IMMIGRATION, Applied economics, 28(3), 1996, pp. 299-308
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Applied economics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036846
Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
299 - 308
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6846(1996)28:3<299:AMOTSC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A human capital model is specified to explain the skill composition of US immigration. A unique set of panel data (57 source countries and 1 5 annual observations) and a methodology not previously used to study a demographic phenomenon are employed to estimate the model. Coefficie nts on time-invariant variables are recovered by means of the Hausman- Taylor instrumental variable procedure, which yields considerably diff erent results than the generalized least squares model.