TY - JOUR
T1 - Immigrant selection systems and immigrant health
AU - Chiswick, B.R.
AU - Yew, L.L.
AU - Miller, Paul
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper is an analysis of the determinants of self-reported health status of immigrants, with a particular focus on the type of visa used to gain admission. The empirical analysis uses the three waves of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (panel I). Immigrant health is greater for immigrants who are younger, more educated, male, more proficient in English, and living outside an immigrant ethnic enclave. Immigrant health is poorest for refugees and best for independent (economic) migrants, and declines with duration in the destination. Alternative hypotheses for the decline in immigrant health with duration are explored (JEL I12, J15, J61, F22).
AB - This paper is an analysis of the determinants of self-reported health status of immigrants, with a particular focus on the type of visa used to gain admission. The empirical analysis uses the three waves of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (panel I). Immigrant health is greater for immigrants who are younger, more educated, male, more proficient in English, and living outside an immigrant ethnic enclave. Immigrant health is poorest for refugees and best for independent (economic) migrants, and declines with duration in the destination. Alternative hypotheses for the decline in immigrant health with duration are explored (JEL I12, J15, J61, F22).
U2 - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2008.00099.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2008.00099.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1074-3529
VL - 26
SP - 555
EP - 578
JO - Contemporary Economic Policy
JF - Contemporary Economic Policy
IS - 4
ER -
