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Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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Immigration and Labor Markets: An Overview
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Rendall comments on Baltimore population erosion
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Current Census estimates place its population at a 100-year low
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Ruth Milkman, Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
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Precarity and Polarization: Global Migrants in the 21st Century U.S. Labor Market
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Ruth Zambrana to Study Latina Entrepreneurs
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3 year study to collect data from six states in the U.S.
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Selected Research
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Sangaramoorthy Op-Ed links racial and immigrant justice movements
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Sought-for freedoms require action in both domains, she says
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Seeds of injustice: Payne-Sturges highlights the exploitation of migrant farmworkers
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Op-Ed in The Baltimore Sun
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Spousal migration and married adults’ psychological distress in rural China: The roles of intimacy, autonomy and responsibility
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Spousal separation due to migration is a prevalent phenomenon in the developing world, but its psychological consequences for left-behind partners are largely understudied. Using data from 2010, 2012 and 2014 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), this paper first examined whether spousal migration causes rural married adults any psychological distress; this finding was then advanced by testing the mechanisms that could potentially explain the linkage between these two variables. Inverse Probability Weighting (IPW) for multivalued treatment effect models and paired Propensity Score Matching (PSM) have been used to correct the potential selection bias of spousal migration. The results show that prolonged spousal separation through migration increases the depressive symptoms of married adults in rural China, and the detrimental effects on left-behind spouses' psychological well-being can be explained by the reduced level of emotional intimacy between husband and wife, and partially by women becoming the master of the household. Considering that being the master of the household is accompanied by elevated stress levels associated with increasing family responsibilities, further examination showed that economic resources can buffer the negative effect associated with being the master of the household when the spouse migrates. However, we did not find that time use is an effective mechanism to link spousal migration and left-behind spouses’ well-being.
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Feinian Chen, Ph.D.
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Feinian Chen Publications
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The Center for Migration Studies: Migration Exchange talk featuring Elizabeth Cohen
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Illegal: How American's Lawless Immigration Regime Threatens Us All
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The cost of access: Racial disparities in student loan burdens of young adults
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Student loans have become a social-financial issue in the United States. This study uses a nationally representative dataset to examine the association between financial socialization and student loan borrowing behavior of individuals after controlling a number of different socio-demographic factors. Results show that the financial burdens of college education, such as borrowing and the dollar amounts of a loan, are higher for Blacks, however, their college attendance is significantly lower than Whites. Blacks are more independent and receive less financial support from family and relatives than Whites. The wealth gap that exists between Black and White parents may contribute to the disparity. Additional financial resources for higher education as well as financial education and counseling may be needed to create better academic access for the vulnerable underserved groups including minority students.
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Jinhee Kim, Ph.D.
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JinHee Kim Publications
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Thurka Sangaramoorthy featured in The Baltimore Sun on Maryland Crab Workers during COVID-19
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This year’s crabbing season is fraught with difficult choices for the nearly all-foreign-women workers during the pandemic hit
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