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The mixed economic progress of immigrants by Robert F Schoeni; Kevin F McCarthy; Georges Vernez; Program for Research on Immigration Policy (U.S.); Rand Corporation.; Ford Foundation.; James Irvine Foundation is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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In the midst of large increases in immigration, a relative deterioration in the level of education of immigrants, and slow employment growth, the question of how immigrants perform and progress economically in the United States has once more become salient. This report addresses this question in several unique ways. First, it examines in detail the differences in the rate of economic progress of immigrants from different countries of origin (rather than for all immigrants as a whole) and identifies the reasons for these differences. Second, and for the first time, it assesses whether the economic progress of recent immigrants is slower than that of previous generations of immigrants. Finally, it assesses the economic progress of immigrants in California separately from that of those in the rest of the nation, because, at 26 percent, the share of immigrants in California's labor force is more than three times higher than that in the rest of the United States. Japanese, Korean, and Chinese immigrants enter with wages much lower than native-born workers', their wages increase rapidly, reaching parity within 10 to 15 years. Europeans enter with wages similar to natives' and continue to

Author

Robert F Schoeni; Kevin F McCarthy; Georges Vernez; Program for Research on Immigration Policy (U.S.); Rand Corporation.; Ford Foundation.; James Irvine Foundation

Publisher

RAND, Distribution Services, 1700 Main St., P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138; fax: 310-451-6915; e-mail: [email protected]

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780833023902

Subjects

Economics, Management, Business