Adriana Kugler

Overview

Georgetown University economist and affiliate of NBER, CEPR, and IZA. Research spans labor economics, immigration, and health, with a focus on the economic integration of immigrants and the intergenerational transmission of health and human capital.

Key Contributions / Features

• Co-author (with Akbulut-Yuksel) of Akbulut-Yuksel and Kugler 2016 — Intergenerational Persistence of Health in the U.S. Do Immigrants Get Healthier as They Assimilate, providing the first systematic comparison of intergenerational health persistence between immigrants and natives in the U.S. and documenting generational convergence toward American norms.
• Broader research includes immigrant labor market assimilation, workers' compensation, and health consequences of labor market shocks.

Related

• Intergenerational Health Transmission
• Cultural Assimilation
• Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel

Sources

• Akbulut-Yuksel and Kugler 2016 — Intergenerational Persistence of Health in the U.S. Do Immigrants Get Healthier as They Assimilate