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Ancestry versus ethnicity : the complexity and selectivity of Mexican identification in the United States

Duncan, Brian (contributor); Trejo, Stephen J. (contributor) - 2008

Using microdata from the 2000 U.S. Census, we analyze the responses of Mexican Americans to questions that independently elicit their "ethnicity" (or Hispanic origin) and their "ancestry". We investigate whether different patterns of responses to these questions reflect varying degrees of ethnic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726791

Substitution between individual and cultural capital : pre-migration labor supply, culture and US labor market outcomes among immigrant woman

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2011

In this paper we use New Immigrant Survey data to investigate the impact of immigrant women's own labor supply prior to migrating and female labor supply in their source country to provide evidence on the role of human capital and culture in affecting their labor supply and wages in the United...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311482

The structure of income in elderly households and relative poverty rates in Japan from the viewpoint of international comparisons

Murozumi, Masako (contributor); Shikata, Masato (contributor) - 2008

We examine the poverty rates and the income configurations among Japan and the LIS countries. The LIS countries are … Germany, Italy, the UK, Denmark, the US, and Taiwan. We divide household including elderly into five types: living alone … decreasing recently in Japan. In Japan and Taiwan even in households cohabiting with children, the poverty rates and income …