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Figure 16: Case 1: Assimilation Parameter a by Age of Immigration (Linear Approximation)<br />

(a) Men<br />

alpha<br />

0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5<br />

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50<br />

Age of Immigration<br />

<strong>Black</strong>s Hispanics Asians<br />

Whites<br />

95% CI<br />

(b) Women<br />

alpha<br />

−.5 0 .5 1<br />

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50<br />

Age of Immigration<br />

<strong>Black</strong>s Hispanics Asians<br />

Whites<br />

95% CI<br />

Note:a parameters are backed out by comparing labor force participation parameters for natives <strong>and</strong> immigrants by different ages of<br />

immigration. The underlying regressions control for education, potential experience, time spent in the US, state <strong>and</strong> year fixed effects.<br />

The underlying sample consists of 21-65 year olds in the 2000 census <strong>and</strong> the 2001-2011 ACS. <strong>Immigrants</strong> are restricted to citizens who<br />

have been in the US more than 10 years. Bootstrapped st<strong>and</strong>ard errors using 500 iterations are used to construct the 95% confidence<br />

intervals. 38

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