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Which Mexicans Are white? : enumerator-assigned race in the 1930 Census and the socioeconomic integration of Mexican Americans
Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2023
The authors explore unique complete-count data from the 1930 Census in which a respondent's race was assigned by … enumerators and "Mexican" was one of the possible responses. Census enumerators frequently and selectively assigned a non …'s socioeconomic attainment. The propensity for Census enumerators to identify Mexican Americans as white varied enormously across U …
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History of historical statistics of the United States
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001784313
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Estimating the associations between SNAP and food insecurity, obesity, and food purchases with imperfect administrative measures of participation
Courtemanche, Charles; Denteh, Augustine; Tchernis, Rusty - 2018
Administrative data are considered the "gold standard" when measuring program participation, but little evidence exists on the potential problems with administrative records or their implications for econometric estimates. We explore issues with administrative data using the FoodAPS, a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816707
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From aliens to citizens : the political incorporation of immigrants
Bevelander, Pieter; Spång, Mikael - 2014
This is a draft chapter for the Handbook on Economics of International Migration (Eds. B. R. Chiswick and P. W. Miller) and deals with the political incorporation of immigrants in host societies. Political incorporation is discussed with regard to the regulation of legal status, rights,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238203
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Housing adequacy gap for minorities and immigrants in the US : evidence from the 2009 American Housing Survey
Mundra, Kusum; Sharma, Amarendra - 2014
minorities and encourage naturalization to improve adequacy among immigrant homeowners. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258191
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Racial differences in labor market transitions and the Great Recession
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2016
indicate that minorities are more likely to be fired as business cycle conditions worsen. Estimates also show that minorities … losing a job increased for minorities although cyclical sensitivity of the transition declined. Odds of becoming re …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452742
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Are immigrant and minority homeownership rates gaining ground in the US?
Chakrabarty, Durba; Osei, Michael J.; Winters, John V.; … - 2017
This paper investigates post-2000 trends in homeownership rates in the US by immigrant status, race, and ethnicity. Homeownership rates for most groups examined rose during the housing boom of the early and mid-2000s but fell during and after the housing bust. By 2015 homeownership rates had...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011672863
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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.
Houseworth, Christina A.; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2019
This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001498
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Socio-economic segregation in European capital cities : increasing separation between poor and rich
Musterd, Sako; Marcińczak, Szymon; Ham, Maarten van; … - 2015
Socio-economic inequality is on the rise in major European cities as are the worries about that, since this development is seen as threatening social cohesion and stability. Surprisingly, relatively little is known about the spatial dimensions of rising socioeconomic inequality. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428229
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Immigrants, ethnic identities and the nation-state
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012
. -- international migration ; economic nationalism ; colonialism ; economics of minorities ; ethnic identity ; national identity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009668271