A Case Study for Publications of Interest to Forensic Economists
Abstract: This feature of the Litigation Economics Review provides an annotated listing of recent publications which may be of interest to forensic economists in their consulting work and research. The articles have been selected by scouring the non-forensic economics literature, a literature that because of time constraints or narrow sub-disciplinary interests is not likely to be visited as frequently as many of us would wish.
This study uses longitudinal data to examine whether becoming a U.S. citizen leads to higher wages, either immediately or by accelerating wage growth. For young male immigrants, becoming a U.S. citizen has allowed them to gain access to public-sector, whitecollar, and union jobs, and hence then wage growth accelerates – consistent with removal of employment barriers. The faster wage growth of immigrants who become naturalized might also have an alternative explanation – greater human capital investment prior to naturalization, stemming from a long-term commitment to the U.S. labor market. However, the evidence suggests that wage growth does not accelerate and job access does not improve until citizenship is attained. A further finding is that the gains from becoming a citizen are greater for immigrants from less developed countries and persist after controlling for unobserved productivity. Keep reading…
