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REPORT

Center for Latin American Social Policy (CLASP): Brochure (Spanish Version) — Mar 5, 2012

The Center for Latin American Social Policy (CLASP), part of RAND Labor and Population, is dedicated to improving the well-being of the Latin American population. This Spanish-language brochure describes CLASP's areas of research.

PROJECT

Examining the Potential Impact of Alabama's Immigration Law — Feb 27, 2012

Alabama's anti-illegal immigration law is regarded as the strictest in the United States and raises several enforcement challenges for police, schools, and other public service providers such as hospitals. RAND research on the costs and benefits of immigration may prove instructive.

PROJECT

Improving Legal Immigrants' Access to Financial Services — Feb 17, 2012

Immigrants are less likely than native-born individuals to use banking services or to participate in formal retirement savings programs. The Financial Literacy Center is identifying the main barriers to these services and developing and testing new products to help improve access.

PROJECT

Barriers to Immigrant Use of Financial Services — Feb 8, 2012

Hispanic immigrants constitute a rapidly growing share of the U.S. population but are less likely to be financially literate than natives. RAND researchers are investigating barriers to Hispanic immigrants' use of financial services and evaluates financial education materials for them.

REPORT

How Will Migration Impact UK Transport and Congestion? — Jan 10, 2012

The UK Migration Advisory Committee asked RAND Europe to examine how migration is likely to impact transport networks and congestion. The resulting research is one of the first studies using UK data to provide an empirical evidence base about migrants' travel behavior and impacts.

NEWS RELEASE

Number of Mexican Immigrants Returning Home Dropped During Latest Recession — Jul 13, 2011

Fewer Mexican immigrants returned home from the United States during 2008 and 2009 than in the two years prior to the start of the recession, a finding that contradicts the notion that the economic downturn has hastened return migration to Mexico.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Early Care and Education for Children in Immigrant Families — Mar 31, 2011

Lynn Karoly and Gabriella Gonzalez examine the current role of and future potential for early care and education (ECE) programs in promoting healthy development for immigrant children.

PROJECT

Effects of Legalization on the Economic Status of Immigrants — Dec 2, 2010

Not enough is known about the economic effects of changing the legal status of undocumented immigrants in the United States. This project estimates the causal effects of legalization to inform future U.S. immigration reform proposals.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Unusually Poor Physical Health Status of Cambodian Refugees Two Decades After Resettlement — Sep 28, 2010

In interviews conducted for this study, Cambodian refugees reported exceedingly poor health when compared to the general population of Asian immigrants.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Immigrants and Health Care Access, Quality, and Cost. — Jul 31, 2009

Inadequate access and poor quality care for immigrants could have serious consequences for their health and that of the overall U.S. population. The authors conducted a systematic search for post-1996, population-based studies of immigrants and health care.

PROJECT

Analyzing the Change in the Flow and Composition of U.S.-Mexico Return Migrants — Apr 30, 2009

To inform the current debate on migrant selection, RAND analyzed the composition and migration flows of return migrants from the United States to Mexico from 1993 to 2004, based on data from the EMIF (Encuesta sobre Migración en la Frontera Norte de México).

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Prevalence and Correlates of Lifetime Disordered Gambling in Cambodian Refugees Residing in Long Beach, CA — Dec 31, 2008

Uses a subset of a sample representative of the largest Cambodian refugee community in the US to examine prevalence and correlates of disordered gambling among Cambodian refugees.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Supply of and Demand for Skilled Labor in the United States — Dec 31, 2008

Skilled immigration into developed countries and competition for talent and professional skills are of major concern among nations today.

REPORT

Migrant women in the EU labour force: Summary of findings — Oct 20, 2008

Executive summary for Migrant women in the European labour force, which examines migrant women's participation in the European labor force.

REPORT

MIGRANTINNEN IN DER ERWERBSBEVÖLKERUNG DER EU (Migrant women in the EU labour force): Zusammenfassung der Forschungsergebnisse (Summary of findings) — Oct 20, 2008

Executive summary for Migrant women in the European labour force, which examines migrant women's participation in the European labor force.

REPORT

Le marché du travail européen pour les femmes émigrées (Migrant women in the EU labour force): Résumé des recherches (Summary of findings) — Oct 20, 2008

Executive summary for Migrant women in the European labour force, which examines migrant women's participation in the European labor force.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Immigrants and Health Care: A Complex Picture — Jan 15, 2008

This fact sheet describes the diverse health care needs of immigrant populations and specifies needs that health policies can target.

PROJECT

Explaining the Hispanic Health Advantage via Immigrant Selection on Health Behaviors and Chronic Diseases — Jan 7, 2008

On varied measures of health, including the prevalence of certain chronic diseases, U.S. Hispanics consistently fare better than non-Hispanic whites. The aim of this research was to examine selective migration in and out of the U.S. as potential explanations for the "Hispanic health paradox."

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Recidivism Patterns of Previously Deported Aliens Released from a Local Jail: Are They High-Risk Offenders? — Dec 31, 2007

Relative to similarly situated deportable aliens with no record of deportation, previously deported aliens are more likely to be rearrested, to be rearrested more quickly, and to be rearrested more frequently in a one-year follow-up period.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Are Deportable Aliens a Unique Threat to Public Safety? Comparing the Recidivism of Deportable and Nondeportable Aliens — Dec 31, 2007

The study compared the recidivism of 517 deportable and 780 nondeportable aliens released from the Los Angeles County Jail over a 30-day period in 2002.

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