Do immigrants improve the health of natives?

•This paper studies the effects of immigration on the health of native using the German Socio-Economic Panel.•Immigrants to Germany are healthier than natives upon their arrival but their health deteriorates faster over time.•This convergence occurs more rapidly among immigrants in blue-collar jobs....

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Volume:	43
Main Author:	Giuntella, Osea Mazzonna, Fabrizio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.09.2015 ELSEVIER
published in:	Journal of health economics Vol. 43; pp. 140 - 153
Data of publication:	September 2015
ISSN:	0167-6296 1879-1646
EISSN:	1879-1646
Discipline:	Public Health Economics
Subjects:	Immigration Occupational choice Health Economics Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Health Care Sciences & Services Business & Economics Health Policy & Services Science & Technology Humans Employment - classification Male Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data Social Class Occupational Health - trends Workload Employment - economics Occupations - classification Female Health Status Occupations - economics Longitudinal Studies Germany Emigration and immigration Immigrants Health administration Immigration I12 J61 Occupational choice Health J24 IMPACT DEMAND EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2015 Web of Science - Science Citation Index Expanded - 2015 Web of Knowledge Science Citation Index Expanded Web of Science MEDLINE (Ovid) PubMed MEDLINE MEDLINE MEDLINE Medline CrossRef Gale General OneFile (A&I only) Academic OneFile (A&I only) MEDLINE - Academic Database information Databases - DBIS