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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by amf12 on Friday February 07, 2020 @06:10AM (#22264906)
> I am an immigrant (a lucky one, to obtain GC lottery).

> Yes I can say there is definitely a selection bias

I think this is an anecdote. You might certainly be ambitious, intelligent and overall successful. But I quite don't understand the selection bias specifically in the GC lottery category. You don't really need any any education, wealth, ambition to apply for and get through the GC lottery. The only thing you need is to be willing to uproot your life and move (and this might be the example of 'ambition' in this case).

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Re:Children of immigrants have higher rates of upward mobili... by christiansakai on Friday February 07, 2020 @10:03AM (#22266589)
Among GC lottery. My life circumstances is generally pretty unusual from avg people. Broken home with multi generational multiple marriages and divorces, fights, debt, lawsuits and shady practices among family members. Survived riot and persecution that killed 1500 people (Jakarta riot May 1998, warning: gore visual). And other lucky and unlucky streaks. My friends who know my overall story told me that I am an anomaly, but they are still willing to seek my advice. Idk what else I can give them other than my anecdote.
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