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Hispanic Families at Risk : The New Economy, Work, and the Welfare State by Ronald J. Angel; Jacqueline L. Angel is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In the United States, work is the key to economic success, as well as the major source of health care coverage and retirement security. While Europeans look to the State for these benefits, Americans for the most part do not. This system of employment-based benefits means that those disadvantaged in the labor market are also disadvantaged in terms of health care coverage and retirement security. The authors of this work examine the overrepresentation of Mexican Americans in low wage or service sector jobs, which rarely come with health insurance or retirement coverage. At all ages, Mexican Americans have lower rates of health insurance and retirement coverage than do other minority groups, such as African Americans or other Hispanic groups. Although employment in jobs that do not provide benefits is one major source of this disparity, other factors—including immigration history, citizenship status, and language proficiency—further block opportunities for upward mobility within the Mexican American population. In their analysis, the authors work to deemphasize the popular, cultural explanation for the economic disparities and focus on more practical, policy-based solutions. In each

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Author

Ronald J. Angel; Jacqueline L. Angel

Publisher

Springer New York

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781489983763

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Political Science, Sociology