The Employment of Low-Skilled Immigrant Men in the United States
利用2000年人口普查微观数据，分析外国出生与美国本土男性就业率随教育程度的变化，发现低教育移民就业率显著高于同等本土男性，符合移民选择性理论。
Using microdata from the 2000 Census, we analyze how the employment rates of foreign-born and US-born men vary with education. After a period of adjustment during the first few years upon arrival, the overall employment rate of immigrant men quickly approaches that of US natives. Among those with the lowest education levels, immigrants exhibit substantially higher rates of employment than comparable natives. This pattern is consistent with a simple theoretical model of migrant selectivity that jointly considers a potential migrant's decisions regarding where to locate and whether to work.