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Immigration and Status Exchange in Australia and the United States

Author(s): Choi, Kate H.; Tienda, Marta; Cobb-Clark, Deborah; Sinning, Mathias

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dc.contributor.authorChoi, Kate H.-
dc.contributor.authorTienda, Marta-
dc.contributor.authorCobb-Clark, Deborah-
dc.contributor.authorSinning, Mathias-
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T21:05:29Z-
dc.date.available2020-04-01T21:05:29Z-
dc.date.issued2012-03en_US
dc.identifier.citationChoi, Kate H, Tienda, Marta, Cobb-Clark, Deborah, Sinning, Mathias. (2012). Immigration and Status Exchange in Australia and the United States. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 30 (1), 49 - 62. doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2011.08.002en_US
dc.identifier.issn0276-5624-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1cb8m-
dc.description.abstractThis 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 spouses in mixed nativity couples are better educated than native spouses in same nativity couples, but status exchange is more prevalent among the less-educated spouses in both countries. Support for the status exchange hypothesis is somewhat weaker in Australia partly because of lower average levels of education compared with the United States and partly because of less sharply defined educational hierarchy at the postsecondary level.en_US
dc.format.extent49 - 62en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofResearch in Social Stratification and Mobilityen_US
dc.rightsAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.titleImmigration and Status Exchange in Australia and the United Statesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1016/j.rssm.2011.08.002-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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