This paper studies occupational selection among generations of immigrants in the USA and links their choices to the occupational wage distribution in their country of origin. The empirical results suggest that individuals are more likely to take up an occupation in the USA that was more lucrative in the origin country, conditional on individual demographic characteristics, parental human capital, and ethnic networks. However, the importance of the origin wage declines with the length of time that immigrants spend in the USA and over generations. Information frictions may be an explanation.

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美国原籍社会的工资分布和移民世代的职业选择

本文研究了美国几代移民中的职业选择，并将其选择与原籍国的职业工资分配联系起来。实证结果表明，在个人中，个人更有可能在原籍国赚钱，而这取决于个人的人口特征，父母的人力资本和种族网络。但是，原籍工资的重要性随着移民在美国及世代相传的时间的延长而降低。信息摩擦可能是一种解释。