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What the Jews Brought : East-European Jewish Immigration to the United States, C. 1900

Perlmann, Joel - 2009

East-European Jews arrived in the United States along with other groups between 1880 and 1920, yetit is well known that they and their offspring reached middle-class status more quickly than other immigrant groups.In this paper, explanations for this success are examined.The prevalent theories...

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Cultural Determinants of Jewish Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the UK and USA and British and American Culture

Godley, Andrew - 2009

Examines the impact of cultural factors on the supplyof entrepreneurs in the United States and United Kingdom (Great Britain)between 1880 and 1914. Seeks to determine if the alleged differences are due tocultural differences, which have often been cited as cause ofdivergencein the two economies...

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Revisiting Economic Assimilation of Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States

Peri, Giovanni - 2020

Using data from the United States spanning the period between 1970 and 2017, we analyze the economic assimilation of subsequent arrival cohorts of Mexican and Central American immigrants, the more economically disadvantaged group of immigrants. We compare their wage and employment probability to...

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Increasing Immigrant Inclusion : Family History, Empathy, and Immigration in the United States

Williamson, Scott - 2020

Immigration is a highly polarized issue in the United States, and negative attitudes toward immigrants are common. Yet, almost all Americans are descended from people who originated outside the United States. Can this common history overcome the intense polarization that migration policy...

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Nigerian Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs within the Service Industry in New York City, USA : An Integrative Literature Review

Oloke, Dr. Tiffany - 2020

Africans are categorized as one of the largest ethnic groups in the world noted for migration, while Nigeria is the most abundant migrating country within the African continent. The problem is that little is known about the business experiences of Nigerian, female, immigrant entrepreneurs within...

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The Economic Assimilation of Irish Famine Migrants to the United States

Collins, William J. - 2018

decline in the observable human capital of famine-era Irish migrants compared to pre-famine Irish migrants and to other groups …

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Empirical Evidence on Labor Profile Competencies of Mexican Immigrants to the United States of America

Herrera Aguado, Azucena Leticia - 2019

programs addressing emergencies in labor insertion and reinsertion of Mexican migrants on both sides of the USA-Mexico border …The immigration of Mexicans to the United States of America (USA) has led to migration policy problems in both … challenges and opportunities. This research examines the professional profile of Mexican immigrants to the USA. We describe the …

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Metropolitan Dispersion of Mexican Immigrants in the United States, 1980 to 2000

Light, Ivan - 2016

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Trends in the Returns to Social Assimilation : Earnings Premiums Among U.S. Immigrants that Marry Natives

Furtado, Delia - 2014

Previous studies show that immigrants married to natives earn higher wages than immigrants married to other immigrants. Using data from the 1980-2000 U.S. censuses and the 2005-2010 American Community Surveys, we show that these wage premiums have increased over time. Our evidence suggests that...

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Socioeconomic Integration of U.S. Immigrant Groups Over the Long Term : The Second Generation and Beyond

Duncan, Brian - 2018

In this chapter, we document generational patterns of educational attainment and earnings for contemporary immigrant groups. We also discuss some potentially serious measurement issues that arise when attempting to track the socioeconomic progress of the later-generation descendants of U.S....

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