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The Healthy Immigrant Effect: Patterns and Evidence from Four Countries

S. Kennedy, M. Kidd, J. T. Mcdonald, N. Biddle

2014.4.15Journal of International Migration and Integration

DOI: 10.1007/s12134-014-0340-x

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The analysis finds strong support for the healthy immigrant effect across all four destination countries and that selectivity plays an important role in the observed better health of migrants vis a vis those who stay behind in their country of origin.

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KENNEDY, S., et al. The healthy immigrant effect: Patterns and evidence from four countries. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2014, 16: 317–332.