Saturday, April 13 / 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM   •   Edgewood

Session 196:
Migration and Adult Health

Chair: Tod G. Hamilton, Princeton University
Discussant: Trevon D. Logan, Ohio State University

  1. Does Moving Kill? The Effect of Migration on Older-Age MortalityJanna Johnson, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Evan Taylor, University of Michigan

  2. Migrant’s Pursuit of Happiness. The Impact of Adaptation, Social Comparison and Relative Deprivation: Evidence from a "Natural" ExperimentSilvia Melzer, University of Bielefeld ; Ruud Muffels, Tilburg University

  3. Migration and Mental Health: The Immigrant Advantage RevisitedJenna Nobles, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Graciela M. Teruel, Universidad Iberoamericana

  4. Migrant Health Selection from Five Major Sources of U.S. ImmigrationFernando Riosmena, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Randall Kuhn, University of Denver ; Chris Jochem, University of Colorado at Boulder

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