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  "id": 633725,
  "title": "Immigrant Earnings Assimilation, 1981–2021",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/immigrant-earnings-assimilation-1981-2021",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T04:42:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Marginal Revolution",
    "slug": "marginal-revolution",
    "url": "https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/08/immigrant-earnings-assimilation-1981-2021.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In this paper, we characterize trends in the earnings assimilation of immigrant workers from 1981 to 2021. We use administrative longitudinal data that contain the earnings of workers beginning in their first year of residence in the United States and in each year thereafter, allowing us to identify immigrants who eventually leave the United States […] The post Immigrant Earnings Assimilation,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}