Title: Living the Dream? Racial Disparities in the Returns on Education in Metropolitan Atlanta
Current Status: Final Drafting; Submission Soon
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Allen Hyde, School of History and Sociology, Georgia Tech
Collaborator: Saatvik Korisepati
Presentation Video (12 – minute version):
Abstract:
This study examines the disparity between immigrants’ and native-born Americans’ total household income. It builds upon previous work that found a significant relationship between immigrants’ total household income with respect to years of immigration, race, sex, English-speaking ability, age, country of origin and education. The data for this study comes from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series specifically for Metropolitan Atlanta from 2013 to 2017, with the sample size of 254,140. The current study goes beyond previous work by not just examining the quantitative relationship between variables mentioned above, but also incorporating interaction terms, including age and years of immigration, sex and years of immigration and English-speaking ability and years of education. In OLS analyses, previous conclusions were validated; however, this research provides some new insights. By categorizing immigrants into cohorts from different continents, I quantify the relationship between their geographic groupings of origin countries and total household income. In addition, when analyzing relationship between age and total household income, instead of traditional methods, spline analysis is implemented, and the best split point of age is found to differentiate the income traits with regards to age. This research can help inform us about some of the factors that shape the economic understanding of immigrant households in Metropolitan Atlanta.
Title: SNAP Receipt Among Immigrants and Native borns in Metropolitan Atlanta
Current Status: Manuscript in Preperation
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kelley Fong, School of History and Sociology, Georgia Tech
Collaborator: None
Presentation Video (12 – minute version):
Full Draft: SNAP Receipt Among Immigrants and Native Borns in Metropolitan Atlanta