Session 131:
Immigrant Health: Selection and Acculturation
Chair: Mark VanLandingham, Tulane University
Discussant: Rebecca L. Clark, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH
Maternal and Infant Health of the Mexican-Origin Population in the United States: Acculturation, Duration, and Selection Miguel Ceballos, University of Michigan
Could “Acculturation” Effects be Explained by Latent Health Disadvantages among Mexican Immigrants? Brian K. Finch, RAND
Another Hispanic Paradox? How Socioeconomic Gradients in Health Differ for Whites and Latinos Noreen Goldman, Princeton University ; Rachel T. Kimbro, Princeton University ; Cassio M. Turra, Princeton University ; Anne Pebley, University of California, Los Angeles
Is There Really a Salmon-Bias Effect? Evidence of Selective Emigration among Primary Social Security Beneficiaries in the United States Cassio M. Turra, Princeton University ; Bert Kestenbaum, U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) ; Betty R. Ferguson, U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA)
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