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Foreign-Born Working Papers
Foreign-Born Working Papers
Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.
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View the list of working papers by year.
Working Paper
The Foreign-Born Population by U.S. Region, 1850-2016
Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America.
Working Paper
The Opportunities and Challenges of Linked IRS Administrative...
This paper assesses bias in and demonstrates the utility of linked IRS, SSA, ACS, and decennial census data for longitudinal study of contemporary migration.
Working Paper
Foreign-Born and Native-Born Migration in the U.S.: Evidence from...
This paper details migration among native-born and foreign-born populations in the United States using linked IRS, SSA, ACS, and decennial census records.
Working Paper
Unpacking Earnings of the Foreign-Born Workforce
Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America.
Working Paper
The Foreign-Born Labor Force in the United States, 2016
Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America.
Working Paper
The Foreign-Born Population from Europe, 2016
Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America.
Working Paper
Who Has a Second-Generation Educational Attainment Advantage?
Working Paper presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting April 27-29, 2017.
Working Paper
Who Are the Born Abroads? An Examination of Nativity in the ACS, 2015
This poster presents general trends and characteristics of the born-abroad population in the United States using data from the 2015 American Community Survey.
Working Paper
A Review of Methods for Estimating Emigration
This report, summarizes the literature on the methods to estimate emigration, review the strengths and limitations of each method, and provide references for original documents in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Working Paper
Assessing the “Year of Naturalization” Data in the ACS
This paper uses data from the 2011 ACS to determine the characteristics associated with naturalized citizens reporting the year they naturalized.
Working Paper
Demographic Analysis 2010: The Foreign-Born Population in the ACS
In this working paper we present results from our research examining the coverage of the foreign-born population in the ACS.
Working Paper
Assimilation and Coverage of the Foreign-Born Population
The U.S. Census Bureau is researching ways to incorporate administrative data in decennial census and survey operations.
Working Paper
A Review of Methods for Estimating Emigration
Summary of the methods to estimate emigration, review strengths and limitations of each method, and provide references for original documents.
Working Paper
Demographic Analysis of the Foreign-Born Migration Component
Focus on the 2000 to 2010 estimates of net foreign-born migration, which was a large component of the total net international migration estimates.
Working Paper
2008 CPS Immigration/Emigration Supplement Debriefing Report
The purpose of the Migration Supplement was to improve knowledge on the size and characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States.
Working Paper
Estimating Net International Migration for 2010 Demographic Analysis
One component of the Demographic Analysis estimates is net international migration, which represents the movement of people who change their residence.
Working Paper
Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 1960 to 2010
This paper uses 1960-2000 Census and 2010 ACS data to describe changes in the size, origins, and geographic distribution of the foreign-born population.
Working Paper
Overview of the August 2008 CPS Migration Supplement
The purpose of this paper is to provide data users with additional information about the Migration Supplement that is not found in other published sources.
Working Paper
2010 ACS Content Test Eval. Report Covering Parental Place of Birth
This report describes the results of testing the parental place of birth questions in two locations on the ACS questionnaire.
Working Paper
A Review of the CPS Migration Supplement Automated Questionnaire
The goal of this report is to help data users better understand the overall structure of the Migration Supplement automated questionnaire.
Working Paper
Plans for Producing Estimates of Net International Migration
Over the past decade, the Census Bureau has undertaken a major initiative to improve its ability to measure net international migration.
Working Paper
Who in the United States Sends and Receives Remittances?
This paper describes the CPS Migration Supplement, a new source of migration-related data and discusses the quality of the monetary transfer data.
Working Paper
Risk Factors for Children in U.S., States, and Metro Areas
This paper addresses a lack of sub-national data about children’s well-being using a new program designed to provide data for the entire nation.
Working Paper
Immigrant Women's Labor Force Integration
The influence of human capital & family characteristics on labor force participation & full-time, year-round employment of foreign-born vs native women & men.
Working Paper
ACS and ASEC Data on Citizenship, Year of Entry and Region of Birth
The report focuses on comparisons of national distributions of citizenship status, year of entry, and place of birth between the 2004 ACS and the 2004 ASEC.
Working Paper
Hispanics in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands: 2000
This report presents several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000.
Working Paper
Historical Census Stats on the Foreign-Born Pop. of US: 1850-2000
This working paper presents selected decennial census data on the foreign-born population of the United States from 1850 to 2000.
Working Paper
How Does Ability To Speak English Affect Earnings?
This analysis explores the extent to which people who speak a non-English language are penalized by their level of English-speaking ability.
Working Paper
Report 9: Comparing Social Characteristics with Census 2000
Compares results from Census 2000 to results from the American Community Survey for characteristics such as nativity, place of birth, language, and ancestry.
Working Paper
Measuring the Foreign-Born Population in U.S. with CPS: 1994 to 2002
The paper reports the results of research and analysis undertaken by the U.S. Census Bureau for measuring the foreign-born population.
Working Paper
Comparing Social Characteristics Between Census 2000 and the ACS
Compares results from Census 2000 to results from the American Community Survey for characteristics such as nativity, place of birth, language, and ancestry.
Working Paper
Guide to International Migration Statistics
This report presents an overview of information available from the U.S. Census Bureau about the U.S. foreign-born population.
Working Paper
Non-English Language Use and English Ability of Children: 2000
This analysis uses data from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey to examine change in language use and English ability of school-aged children since 1990.
Working Paper
Evaluating Components of Intl. Migration: Foreign-Born Emigrants
This report focuses on the evaluation of the Census Bureau’s estimate of foreign-born emigration from the United States between 1980 and 1990 (DAPE).
Working Paper
Components of Migration: Consistency of 2000 Nativity Data
This report examines the consistency of the data associated with the foreign-born population across all data products, and to address significant differences.
Working Paper
Components of Migration: Foreign-Born & Hispanic Population Data
This report addressed the question: “How do edit and imputation procedures affect the consistency of foreign-born and Hispanic populations?”
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