Co-sponsored by CDE
This seminar is a part of the Fall IRP Seminar Series.
Drawing on nationally representative data from the 1996–2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), Dr. Altman will examine associations between migration status and poverty for immigrants and their children. Her research demonstrates how poverty estimates vary depending on the method used to assign migration status. Comparing migration status assignments using logical imputation or direct survey approaches, for example, yield strikingly contrasting conclusions among immigrant adults. Results for children also reveal nuanced associations between family migration status and poverty that are masked when family migration status is assigned using only citizenship status. Findings call for greater attention to migration status measurement and have significant implications for policies designed to support immigrant families’ well-being.