Immigration and Status Exchange in Australia and the United States
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Choi, Kate; Tienda, Marta; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Sinning, Mathias
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This paper evaluates the status exchange hypothesis for Australia and the United States, two Anglophone nations with long immigration traditions whose admission regimes place different emphases on skills. Using log-linear methods, we demonstrate that foreign-born spouses trade educational credentials via marriage with natives in both Australian and U.S. marriage markets and, moreover, that nativity is a more salient marriage barrier for men than for women. With some exceptions, immigrant...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2012 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/34764 |
Source: | Research in Social Stratification and Mobility |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.rssm.2011.08.002 |
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