The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration

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. "5 Immigration's Effects on Jobs and Wages: Empirical Evidence." The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1997.

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TABLE 5.10 Occupational Earnings Among Immigrants Aged 21-65 Years at Admission to Permanent Residence, by Visa Class and Fiscal Year of Admission, Fiscal Year 1977, 1982, and 1994 Cohorts

	Men			Women
Visa Class	Occupational Earnings for 1977 cohort	% Change in Occ. Earnings, 1977 to 1982 cohorts	% Change in Occ. Earnings, 1977 to 1994 cohorts	Occupational Earnings for 1977 cohort	% Change in Occ. Earnings, 1977 to 1982 cohorts	% Change in Occ. Earnings, 1977 to 1994 cohorts
Spouse of U.S. citizen	$19,314	-2.0	-2.9	$18,859	0.1	0.6
Parent of (adult) U.S. citizen	19,783	1.4	-3.4	17,078	7.8	2.9
Employment principal	33,126	-21.7	-19.9	25,278	-25.5	-15.2
Spouse of employment principal	24,570	-6.4	-8.3	26,304	-14.8	-11.3
Sibling principal	20,818	0.5	-4.2	18,794	0.2	0.0
Spouse of sibling principal	20,709	4.6	-1.9	19,543	-0.5	-1.6
Refugee/asylee principal	18,478	-3.5	-8.6	17,091	2.4	-3.1
Spouse of refugee/asylee principal	17,708	-0.6	0.4	16,605	5.1	0.4
All immigrants		-3.7	-5.1		-0.6	-0.5
Note: Percentage changes are based on differences in the logarithm of occupational earnings, which are then converted to percent changes using 100(exp(d)-1), where d = difference in logs. Source: Immigration and Naturalization Service Public Use Files.