This issue of the HEO report contains the following articles:- Hispanic Employment Conditions: QIII 2009 by Marie T. Mora- Self Employment Versus Paid Employment Among Mexican Americans by Alberto Dávila- The Workweek of Hispanic Male Workers in the United States by Fernando A. Lozano

This paper asks whether high school leadership activities play an important role in explaining the Hispanic college-completion gap. The analysis in this paper considers the role that English language fluency plays in a Hispanic student's leadership probability and in the student's future...

In this chapter we provide a brief overview of the main empirical tools used by economists to study international migration. We begin by exploring the three broad research areas that economists examine when researching immigration. We then explore the strengths and shortcomings of the standard...

According to Census and CPS data, the share of employed American men regularly working more than 48 hours per week is higher today than it was 25 years ago. Using CPS data from 1979 to 2006, we show that this increase was greatest among highly educated, highly-paid, and older men, was...