Carole Ahossin’s ABS project focused on the socioeconomic integration of African immigrants in the United States through marriage choices. Intermarriage has been identified as a possible marriage premium. This marriage premium facilitates the integration of immigrants into mainstream American society. Using multinomial regression, the project compares the labor participation, self-employment, managerial and professional occupation, individual income and family income, and the poverty rate of African immigrants that are in-married, inter-married or in an interracial marriage. Findings demonstrate a better economic integration for immigrants who are married to white natives. They are more likely to work, to have a higher income than their in-married counterparts and are less likely to be in poverty. Carole is currently applying to graduate programs and plans to start her Ph.D. studies in Fall 2018.
