| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 157 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The new Americans
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New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-153) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction and overview -- Practical, ideological, and theoretical considerations -- Background and description of study -- Analysis -- Origins and destinies. |
| Summary |
Karas compares the earnings and occupational attainment of Chinese, Cuban, Filipino, Korean, and Mexican immigrants to those of foreign-born non-Hispanic whites. Using census data, she tests three models of attainment: a human and social capital model, a local labor market model, and a model combining human capital and local labor market indicators against a baseline ethnic heritage model. She finds a double hierarchy of inequality. Asian and Hispanic immigrants are lower on socio-economic scales than foreign-born non-Hispanic whites, but Asians have higher earnings than Latinos. Ethnic differences on human and social capital factors and local labor market indicators explain the variation in socioeconomic attainments and contribute to differences in immigrant attainments. However, foreign-born non-Hispanic whites retain an advantage over the other groups even after differences in human and social capital and local labor market conditions are eliminated. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Foreign workers -- United States.
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Foreign workers. |
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United States. |
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Immigrants -- United States -- Economic conditions.
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Immigrants. |
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Economic conditions. |
| Indexed Term |
Samfundsvidenskab Økonomi. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Karas, Jennifer. Bridges and barriers. New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2002 1931202168 (DLC) 2001005908 (OCoLC)48084366 |
| ISBN |
1931202885 (electronic book) |
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9781931202886 (electronic book) |
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1280361468 |
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9781280361463 |
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1931202168 (acid-free paper) |
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9781931202169 (acid-free paper) |
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