Trade and human capital accumulation: evidence from U.S. immigrants (English)

This study provides empirical evidence that trade increases on-the-job human capital accumulation by estimating the effect of home country openness on estimated returns to home country experience of U.S. immigrants. The positive effect of trade on on-the-job human capital accumulation remains significant when controlling for GDP, educational attainment, and institutional quality. It is not the result of self-selection, heterogeneity in returns to...

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Doemeland,Doerte;
Document Date
2007/03/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4144
Volume No
1
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1
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United States, World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Trade and human capital accumulation: evidence from U.S. immigrants
Keywords
home country

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Doemeland,Doerte.

Trade and human capital accumulation: evidence from U.S. immigrants (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 4144 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/692911468125089333

Trade and human capital accumulation: evidence from U.S. immigrants (English)

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