Rohan Alexander|Zachary Ward
Age at Arrival and Assimilation During the Age of Mass Migration
Australian National University|Baylor University
estimate effect age arrival immigrant outcomes new dataset arrivals linked 1940 us census using withinfamily variation find arriving older age childhood exposure european environment led negative wage gap relative native born infant arrivals positive wage gap relative natives contrast negative gap teenage arrivals therefore key determinant immigrant outcomes age mass migration country residence critical periods childhood development