and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses of earnings, self-employment, and wealth. The Jews in Colonial … of most contemporary American Jews. Starting in operative, craft and laborer jobs in small scale manufacturing or in …. American Jews, from the earliest period to the present, have had high rates of self-employment compared to the non-farm white …

is studied here, but also in earlier censuses (1980-2000). The Russian Jews, whether male or female, have higher levels … to the obvious but still unanswered question: What is it about the Jews of the Former Russian Empire/Soviet Union that … has resulted in their high levels of success in the United States over the past 25 years? -- Soviet Jews ; immigrants …

This paper is concerned with trends over the post-WWII period in the employment of American Jews as College and … University teachers and in their receipt of the PhD. The empirical analysis is for PhD production from 1950 to 2004 and Jews are … that discrimination against Jews in salaried professional occupations declined in the post-WWII period earlier in College …

similar to the patterns found among Jews born in the United States. Soviet Jewish immigrants appear to have made a very … ; language proficiency ; immigrants ; Jews ; Soviet Union …

) compared to other free men. Jews cannot be identified directly, but two versions of the Distinctive Jewish Name (DJN) technique … children, and those living in rural areas (especially on farms). Other variables the same, US-born Jews do not differ … significantly in SEI from other free, native-born men, but foreign-born Jews have a significantly higher SEI than other immigrants …