How Do Immigrants from Taiwan Fare in the U.S. Labor Market?
Publication Date
9-1-2015
Description
This paper presents evidence that since 1980, relative to native-born Americans and other immigrants, the earnings of Taiwanese immigrants have grown rapidly as they assimilate into the U.S. economy. Consistent with the existing U.S. evidence, I show that most of the immigrant–native earnings gaps can be explained by endowments, and the importance of endowments continues to increase. The estimates indicate that the improved endowments from education and U.S. experience, along with rising returns to both factors, largely explain Taiwanese immigrants' economic assimilation experience. I show that more recently arrival cohorts of Taiwanese immigrants have earned more than the older ones since 1980.
Journal
The Singapore Economic Review
Department
Economics
Link to Published Version
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0217590815500575
DOI
10.1142/S0217590815500575
Recommended Citation
Lin, Carl. "How Do Immigrants from Taiwan Fare in the U.S. Labor Market?." The Singapore Economic Review (2015) .