Legal status and immigrants’ educational investment decisions
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DOI: 10.1007/s11150-017-9361-5
Abstract: We develop a two-period model of educational investment where current legal status and expectations about future legal status affects educational investment decisions. The theoretical model predicts that educational investment among illegal immigrants is a decreasing… read more here.
Keywords: among illegal; investment decisions; legal status; investment ... See more keywords
The Association Between Legal Status and Poverty Among Immigrants: A Methodological Caution.
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DOI: 10.1007/s13524-020-00933-0
Abstract: Using nationally representative survey data, this research note examines the association between immigrant legal status and poverty in the United States. Our objective is to test whether estimates of this association vary depending on the… read more here.
Keywords: status; status poverty; survey; legal status ... See more keywords
The complex legal status of the Current Fishing Pattern Zone in the East China Sea
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.03.021
Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this article is to analyze the legal status of fisheries in the East China Sea (ECS) pursuant to these fisheries agreements, focusing on the legal issues of the Current Fishing Pattern… read more here.
Keywords: status; current fishing; china sea; legal status ... See more keywords
Perceptions of Legal Status: Associations With Psychosocial Experiences Among Undocumented Latino/a Immigrants
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DOI: 10.1037/cou0000189
Abstract: In the present study we used a mixed-method design to examine perceptions of legal status and their association with psychosocial experiences among undocumented Latino/a immigrants in the United States Participants were asked to compare their… read more here.
Keywords: status; undocumented latino; legal status; latino immigrants ... See more keywords
Migrant women’s economic success in Russia: objective reality and subjective assessment
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DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2017.1333410
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study contributes to the growing body of literature on the outcomes of labour migration by focusing on the effects of migrant legal status on the economic and perceptual measures of migration success. To… read more here.
Keywords: status; migrant women; russia; legal status ... See more keywords
Legal status diversity: regulating to control and everyday contingencies
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DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2017.1341718
Abstract: ABSTRACT Tracing the link between population flux and the regulation of migration, this paper develops the argument that immigration status differentiations impact not only on categorical multiplicities but also on contingent dynamics in urban migration-related… read more here.
Keywords: status; diversity; status diversity; legal status ... See more keywords
When fear spreads: individual- and group-level predictors of deportation worry among Latino immigrants
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DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2022.2100330
Abstract: ABSTRACT What shapes Latino immigrants’ worries surrounding deportation? Using five waves of the Latino National Survey, we examine this question by considering immigrants’ own legal status, their social background and the legal vulnerability of their… read more here.
Keywords: group level; group; latino immigrants; legal status ... See more keywords
Buen Crédito y Buen Seguro: Legal Status and Restricted Access to Shelter among Low-Income Latina/o Renters in an Immigrant Gateway City
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DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spad021
Abstract: Sociologists have shown how searches for rental housing reproduce inequalities by race/ethnicity and household income in the United States. Yet scholars know comparatively less about how legal status may also limit access to shelter. To… read more here.
Keywords: housing; buen; low income; status ... See more keywords
International Legal Status of Private Military Companies
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DOI: 10.1134/s1019331620010098
Abstract: Abstract The modern world with constantly emerging international contradictions and military conflicts attempts to react adequately to existing challenges. To this end, private military companies (PMCs) have become increasingly in demand by states, multinational corporations,… read more here.
Keywords: status private; legal status; military companies; private military ... See more keywords
Searching for the Family Legal Status of Mexican-Origin Children
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DOI: 10.1177/0192513x16632264
Abstract: Interest in the consequences of family legal status for children has grown in response to immigration-related changes in the ethnic composition of American society. However, few population-based empirical studies devote attention to family legal status… read more here.
Keywords: status; family legal; origin children; family ... See more keywords
To Reveal or Conceal: How Diverse Undocumented Youth Navigate Legal Status Disclosure
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DOI: 10.1177/0731121418775092
Abstract: Existing literature illuminates the multiple barriers young undocumented immigrants face, yet we know little about how these challenges vary among undocumented youth. This article explores variation in how undocumented youth “manage” their legal status in… read more here.
Keywords: status; undocumented youth; legal status; reveal conceal ... See more keywords