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March CPS, the Census, and the ACS. Both Blacks and Hispanics have experienced a 20-25% earnings disadvantage relative to … whites since 1980. In terms of employment, the gap has been increasing for Blacks but decreasing for Hispanics. These … immigrants with natives reveals that while native Hispanics fare better than Blacks, many of the employment and earnings gains …
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At the height of the US civil rights movement in the mid-1960s, foreign-born persons were less than 1 % of the African-American population (Kent, Popul Bull, 62:4, 2007). Today, 16 % of America’s African diaspora workforce consists of first- or second-generation immigrants and 4 % is Hispanic....
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This paper investigates the relationship between labor market experiences and poverty levels for white, black, and Hispanic women in the US. The first part examines 1990 and 2002, two years with very similar national unemployment levels, and shows how the probability of being in poor changed...
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In this paper we examine the education and occupation mismatch for Hispanics in the US using a novel objective … larger social network helps Hispanics in finding jobs that better match with their skill and education levels or whether … living in areas with larger concentration of Hispanics leads to more competition for the same jobs in the labor market. Given …
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