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Epidemiological Paradox or Immigrant Vulnerability ? Obesity Among Young Children of Immigrants
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Michael S. Rendall, University of Maryland; Elizabeth H. Baker and Margaret M. Weden, RAND Corporation; 2012-010
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Family Structure Change Among Latinos: Variation by Ecologic Risk
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We examined differences in family structure change in an urban sample of mothers (N = 1,314) from their child’s birth to age 5 and whether ecological risk moderated this association. We found that compared with U.S.-born Latino mothers, foreign-born Latino mothers were 62% less likely to break up and 75% less likely to repartner than remain stably resident. Across nativity status, Latina mothers with fewer children, more economic stress, less income, and less frequently reported father involvement were more likely to break up and repartner than remain stably resident. We found no moderation effects of ecological risk.
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Natasha Cabrera, Ph.D.
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Francesco Billari, Bocconi University
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Demography: Fast and Slow
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Global Migration Flows and Income Differentials
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Patricio Korzeniewicz and Scott Albrecht, University of Maryland; 2014-003
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Household extension and employment among Asian immigrant women in the US
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Philip Cohen and Jeehye Kang, University of Maryland; 2015-004
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How Do They Do It? The Immigrant Paradox in the Transition to Adulthood
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Sandra Hofferth and U.J. Moon, University of Maryland // Keywords: Immigrants, children, transition to adulthood, education, employment, extracurricular activities, culture; 2016-004
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International organizations and the political economy of reforms
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We develop a simple dynamic model of policy reform that captures some of the determinants that underlie the differences between the reform paths taken by a number of countries since the early 1990s. The model focuses on the interaction between domestic institutions and international organizations that promote reform, on the one hand, and the political incentives for reversing reforms, on the other. At equilibrium, there are three types of reform paths. A country can undergo a full-scale, lasting reform, can carry out a partial but lasting reform, or can go through cycles of reforms and costly counter-reforms. Domestic institutions, along with the incentives provided by international organizations, determine the equilibrium path. A politically myopic international organization may induce cycles of reforms and costly counter-reforms, thereby reducing the country's well-being. An international organization that only provides funds to promote reforms may have a less beneficial effect than one that assists the country with fresh funds to defend reforms when there is a risk of reversal. International funds that promote reforms can also influence domestic institutions. For example, due to the intervention of an international organization, countries could have incentives to dismantle institutions that build up reversal cost and/or do not fully build their fiscal capacity.
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Sebastian Galiani, Ph.D.
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Jennifer L. Van Hook, Penn State University, Sociology
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Intergenerational Educational Mobility Among Mexican Americans
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Julia Behrman, Northwestern University
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Point of reference: A multi-sited exploration of African migration and fertility in France
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Katharine Donato, Georgetown University
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Protective Resources, Legal Status, and the Integration of U.S. Immigrants Entering as Unaccompanied Children
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