The hidden costs of American immigration

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Nearly 7,000 unskilled and uneducated foreigners take up residence in the US everyday. This fact has jolted the US political thinkers into reconsidering the American immigration policy and its negative impact on the American economy. There is a reluctance to take up the subject of immigration openly as the media is partial towards it.

United States, Emigration and immigration law, Immigration law

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Unveiling the hidden glass ceiling: an analysis of the cohort effect claim

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Flaws in research by Laurie A. Morgan related to the existence of a glass ceiling for women in engineering are discussed. Issues include the interpretation of the statistical data, the role of survival in the glass ceiling effect, the relationship between survival and the income glass ceiling, top coding and tobit analysis.

Cohort analysis

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Is engineering hostile to women? An analysis of data from the 1993 National Survey of College Graduates

Article Abstract:

The issue of a glass ceiling for women engineers is discussed, with a focus on selection bias and the top coding of pay data. Topics include a review of the original study, exit rates and top coding.

Statistical Data Included

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