Cuban immigrants in the United Stateswhat determines their earnings distribution?

  1. Cobas-Valdés, Aleida 1
  2. Fernández-Sainz, Ana 2
  3. Wilkinson, Stephen
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

  2. 2 University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Journal:
Semestre económico

ISSN: 0120-6346

Year of publication: 2016

Volume: 19

Issue: 41

Pages: 19-36

Type: Article

DOI: 10.22395/SEEC.V19N41A1 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

Este artículo analiza la distribución de ingresos condicionales de los inmigrantes cubanos en los Estados Unidos usando OLS y analizando una Regresión Cuantílica. Los datos usados en este estudio fueron tomados del American Community Survey (ACS) de los Estados Unidos y fueron suministrados por IPUMS (2011). Los resultados muestran que incrementos en los ingresos asociados a diferentes características socioeconómicas tales como: el sexo, estado civil, etnia, manejo del idioma inglés y educación varían entre las diferentes distribuciones de ingresos.

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