When in America,do as the Americans? The evolution of health behaviors and outcomes across immigrant cohorts |
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Institution: | 1. Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Suite 8-100, 516 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States;2. Minnesota Department of Health, Sage Program, 85 7th Place E, Saint Paul, MN 55101, United States;3. Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States;4. Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE; MMC 194, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States |
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Abstract: | This study seeks to understand US immigrants’ health-related behaviors and outcomes across arrival cohorts. We simultaneously examine risky consumption choices (smoking and drinking) and physical health conditions (asthma, diabetes, vision problems, and coronary heart diseases) using data from the National Health Interview Surveys (1989–2018). We incorporate cohort fixed-effects and the interactions between cohort effects and years since immigration into our empirical framework to capture the dynamics of immigrant health over time. For all health indicators, we find that there are important differences between arriving immigrants and natives. Despite some heterogeneity in the dynamics of unhealthy behaviors, this heterogeneity seems to dissipate as we explore longer-term health outcomes. Overall, our findings provide an interesting outlook on how the integration into the host society affects American immigrants’ health. We contribute new results to the immigrant assimilation literature, which has primarily focused on obesity and wages. |
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Keywords: | Healthy immigration effects Unhealthy assimilation Hispanic paradox |
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