Does Background Matter? The Transmission of Human Capital from a Planned to a Market Economy

Bibliographic Data

ID11386252
AuthorsIra N Gang (0000-0003-3788-8798, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author), Robert C Stuart (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)
Year2000
Volume34
Issue2
Pages511-537
Publication date2000-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-9183 • E-ISSN: 1747-7379
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/019791830003400207
OpenAlexW2021464558
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited16

The early U.S. economic achievement of former Soviet citizens entering the United States during the period 1979 through 1985 is analyzed. Using the Soviet Interview Project (SIP) data, components of human capital acquired in the former Soviet Union (FSU) are identified and related to labor force participation and income outcomes in the United States. FSU education, experience and industry variables have important, variable and differing impacts upon both participation and income, and such outcomes differ for males and females. FSU immigrants’ income is below U.S. income. Differing rates of return to characteristics, not the endowments themselves, are responsible for observed differentials

Capital (architecture · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Human capital · Immigration · Labour economics · Political science · Soviet union · Variable (mathematics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access