Objectives: Immigrants are typically healthier than the native-born population in the
receiving country and also tend to be healthier than non-migrants in the countries of origin …

The rising number of immigrants to the United States and other western countries has been
accompanied by rising interest in the characteristics of immigrants including their mortality …

The existence of a healthy immigrant effect—where immigrants are on average healthier
than the native born—is a widely cited phenomenon across a multitude of literatures …

This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of
language on the choice of destination among international migrants, the determinants …

The paper sheds light on the patterns of labor market integration of refugees in Western
countries, who arrived primarily during the 2015–2016 mass refugee migration. Its major …

The literature on immigrant health has repeatedly reported the paradoxical finding, where
immigrants from Latin American countries to OECD countries appear to enjoy better health …

It is often assumed that refugees in the US are at an economic disadvantage compared to
other immigrants. A number of hypotheses have been postulated to explain this 'refugee …

The existing literature has often underscored the “healthy migrant” effect and the “salmon
bias” in understanding the health of migrants. Nevertheless, direct evidence for these two …

The authors of several essays in this volume, including Hasia R. Diner, Susan Hardwick,
and Barbara Schmitter Heisler (Chapers 1, 6, 4), express regret regarding the virtual …

BACKGROUND The Healthy Immigrant Effect (HIE) refers to the fact that recent migrants are
in better health than the nonmigrant population in the host country. Central to explaining the …