Dr Matt Wallace's Outputs (27)

The Healthy Immigrant Effect: The role of educational selectivity in the good health of migrants (2019)
Journal Article
Ichou, M., & Wallace, M. (2019). The Healthy Immigrant Effect: The role of educational selectivity in the good health of migrants. #Journal not on list, 40, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.4054/demres.2019.40.4

Background: The Healthy Immigrant Effect (HIE) refers to the fact that recent migrants are in better health than the nonmigrant population in the host country. Central to explaining the HIE is the idea that migrants are positively selected in terms... Read More about The Healthy Immigrant Effect: The role of educational selectivity in the good health of migrants.

Understanding age variations in the migrant mortality advantage: An international comparative perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Guillot, M., Khlat, M., Elo, I. T., Solignac, M., & Wallace, M. (2018). Understanding age variations in the migrant mortality advantage: An international comparative perspective. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199669

This paper investigates age variations in foreign-born vs. native-born mortality ratios in an international comparative perspective, with the purpose of gaining insight into the mechanisms underlying the so-called migrant mortality advantage. We exam... Read More about Understanding age variations in the migrant mortality advantage: An international comparative perspective.

Can the salmon bias effect explain the migrant mortality advantage in England and Wales? (2018)
Journal Article
Wallace, M., & Kulu, H. (2018). Can the salmon bias effect explain the migrant mortality advantage in England and Wales?. Population, Space and Place, 24, Article e2146. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2146

Despite researchers regularly observing a migrant mortality advantage in high-income destination countries, it remains unclear whether empirically observed low mortality among foreign-born relative to natives is genuine or a result of censoring and s... Read More about Can the salmon bias effect explain the migrant mortality advantage in England and Wales?.

Adult mortality among the descendants of immigrants in England and Wales: does a migrant mortality advantage persist beyond the first generation? (2016)
Journal Article
Wallace, M. (2016). Adult mortality among the descendants of immigrants in England and Wales: does a migrant mortality advantage persist beyond the first generation?. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 42(9), 1558-1577. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2015.1131973

Little is known about mortality among descendants of immigrants in western host countries because many descendants have not yet reached the ages of high mortality. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the migrant mortality advantage recent... Read More about Adult mortality among the descendants of immigrants in England and Wales: does a migrant mortality advantage persist beyond the first generation?.

Mortality among immigrants in England and Wales by major causes of death, 1971-2012: A longitudinal analysis of register-based data (2015)
Journal Article
Wallace, M., & Kulu, H. (2015). Mortality among immigrants in England and Wales by major causes of death, 1971-2012: A longitudinal analysis of register-based data. Social Science and Medicine, 147, 209-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.060

Recent research has found a migrant mortality advantage among immigrants relative to the UK-born population living in England and Wales. However, while all-cause mortality is useful to show differences in mortality between immigrants and the host pop... Read More about Mortality among immigrants in England and Wales by major causes of death, 1971-2012: A longitudinal analysis of register-based data.

Low immigrant mortality in England and Wales: A data artefact? (2014)
Journal Article
Wallace, M., & Kulu, H. (2014). Low immigrant mortality in England and Wales: A data artefact?. Social Science and Medicine, 120, 100-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.032

Previous research shows low mortality for most immigrants compared to natives in host countries. This advantage is often attributed to health selection processes in migration and to protective health behaviours. Little research has examined the role... Read More about Low immigrant mortality in England and Wales: A data artefact?.

Migration and Health in England and Scotland: A Study of Migrant Selectivity and Salmon Bias (2013)
Journal Article
Wallace, M., & Kulu, H. (2013). Migration and Health in England and Scotland: A Study of Migrant Selectivity and Salmon Bias. Population, Space and Place, 20, 694-708. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.1804

This study examines the health of migrants between England and Scotland comparing their health patterns with those of origin and host populations. While there is a growing literature on the health and mortality of international migrants, few stud... Read More about Migration and Health in England and Scotland: A Study of Migrant Selectivity and Salmon Bias.