Research

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Research on Financial Access for Immigrants

Chicago Fed Letter

Islamic Finance in the United States: A Small but Growing Industry by Shirley Chiu, associate economist, Robin Newberger, business economist, and Anna Paulson, senior economist (PDF, 57KB)

Self-Employed Immigrants: An Analysis of Recent Data by Maude Toussaint-Comeau, economist (PDF, 47KB)

Financial Access for Immigrants: Highlights from the National Conference by Robin Newberger, business economist, Anna Paulson, senior economist, and Shirley Chiu, associate economist (PDF, 435KB)

Immigrant Financial Market Participation: Defining the Research Questions by Robin Newberger, research analyst, Sherrie L. W. Rhine, senior economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Shirley Chiu, research analyst (PDF, 73KB)

Changing Hispanic Demographics: Opportunities and Constraints in the Financial Market by Maude Toussaint-Comeau, economist (PDF, 57KB)

Remittances and the Unbanked by Elizabeth Handlin, manager, Margrethe Krontoft, associate economist, and William Testa, vice president and director of regional programs (PDF, 73KB)

Economic Perspectives

The Relationship Between Hispanic Residential Location and Homeownership by Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Sherrie L. W. Rhine (PDF, 53KB)

Small Business Finance in Two Chicago Minority Neighborhoods by Paul Huck, Sherrie L. W. Rhine, Philip Bond, and Robert Townsend (PDF, 494KB)

Formal and Informal Financing in a Chicago Ethnic Neighborhood by Philip Bond and Robert Townsend (PDF, 362KB)

Working Papers

Prospects for Immigrant-Native Wealth Assimilation: Evidence from Financial Market Participation by Una Okonkwo Osili and Anna Paulson (PDF, 1,161KB)

Individuals and Institutions: Evidence from International Migrants in the U.S. by Una Okonkwo Osili and Anna Paulson (PDF, 567KB)

The Occupational Assimilation of Hispanics in the U.S.: Evidence from Panel Data by Maude Toussaint-Comeau (PDF, 497KB)

The Importance of Check-Cashing Businesses to the Unbanked: Racial/Ethnic Differences by William H. Greene, Sherrie L.W. Rhine and Maude Toussaint-Comeau (PDF, 501KB)

Tenure Choice with Location Selection: The Case of Hispanic Neighborhoods in Chicago by Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Sherrie L.W. Rhine (PDF, 383KB)

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