Download or read book Intergenerational Progress of Mexican origin Workers in the U S Labor Market written by Stephen J. Trejo and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Falling Behind Or Moving Up written by Jeff Groger and published by Public Policy Instit. of CA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parents Without Papers written by Frank D. Bean and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For several decades, Mexican immigrants in the United States have outnumbered those from any other country. Though the economy increasingly needs their labor, many remain unauthorized. In Parents Without Papers, immigration scholars Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown, and James D. Bachmeier document the extent to which the outsider status of these newcomers inflicts multiple hardships on their children and grandchildren. Parents Without Papers provides both a general conceptualization of immigrant integration and an in-depth examination of the Mexican American case. The authors draw upon unique retrospective data to shed light on three generations of integration. They show in particular that the “membership exclusion” experienced by unauthorized Mexican immigrants—that is, their fear of deportation, lack of civil rights, and poor access to good jobs—hinders the education of their children, even those who are U.S.-born. Moreover, they find that children are hampered not by the unauthorized entry of parents itself but rather by the long-term inability of parents, especially mothers, to acquire green cards. When unauthorized parents attain legal status, the disadvantages of the second generation begin to disappear. These second-generation men and women achieve schooling on par with those whose parents come legally. By the third generation, socioeconomic levels for women equal or surpass those of native white women. But men reach parity only through greater labor-force participation and longer working hours, results consistent with the idea that their integration is delayed by working-class imperatives to support their families rather than attend college. An innovative analysis of the transmission of advantage and disadvantage among Mexican Americans, Parents Without Papers presents a powerful case for immigration policy reforms that provide not only realistic levels of legal less-skilled migration but also attainable pathways to legalization. Such measures, combined with affordable access to college, are more important than ever for the integration of vulnerable Mexican immigrants and their descendants.

Download or read book Mexican Migration and the U S Labor Market written by Vernon M. Briggs and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pamphlet on problems resulting from the entry and illegal status of Mexican migrant workers in South Western USA - considers the causes, labour market implications and social implications of illegal immigration, and suggests government policy measures. References and statistical tables.

Download or read book Mexican Immigration to the United States written by George J. Borjas and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From debates on Capitol Hill to the popular media, Mexican immigrants are the subject of widespread controversy. By 2003, their growing numbers accounted for 28.3 percent of all foreign-born inhabitants of the United States. Mexican Immigration to the United States analyzes the astonishing economic impact of this historically unprecedented exodus. Why do Mexican immigrants gain citizenship and employment at a slower rate than non-Mexicans? Does their migration to the U.S. adversely affect the working conditions of lower-skilled workers already residing there? And how rapid is the intergenerational mobility among Mexican immigrant families? This authoritative volume provides a historical context for Mexican immigration to the U.S. and reports new findings on an immigrant influx whose size and character will force us to rethink economic policy for decades to come. Mexican Immigration to the United States will be necessary reading for anyone concerned about social conditions and economic opportunities in both countries.

Download or read book The Chicano Worker written by Vernon M. Jr. Briggs and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1979-07-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicano Worker is an incisive analysis of the labor-market experiences of Mexican American workers in the late twentieth century. The authors—each established in the fields of labor economics and research on Chicano workers—describe the major employment patterns of the Chicano labor force and discuss the historical and institutional factors determining these patterns. This work speaks to the continuing widespread public interest in Mexican immigration, migrant farm labor, unionization of farm workers, Chicano education and training needs, and the legacy of discriminatory treatment against Chicanos. The authors treat the convergence of these issues and their public policy implications. Drawing from census data as well as other sources, The Chicano Worker reports on Chicano unemployment, labor-force participation, occupational and industrial distributions of employment, and various indices of earnings. It also deals with such issues as history, family size, health, and culture. The Chicano Worker is likely to open new areas of interest, discussion, and criticism concerning Chicanos in the United States.

Download or read book Mexican Migration to the United States written by Wayne A. Cornelius and published by University of California, San Diego, Center for U.S.-Mexicanstudies. This book was released on 1989 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Changing Patterns of Labor Migration and the Incorporation of Mexican Immigrants to the United States written by James D. Bachmeier and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines patterns of Mexican immigration and the socioeconomic integration of the Mexican-origin population in the United States. Chapter 1 provides a brief overview of the major themes dominating current academic and policy discussions related to contemporary immigration in the United States; explains the particular importance of the U.S. Mexican-origin population to these debates; and introduces the research questions motivating the substantive chapters of the dissertation. Chapter 2 studies Mexican immigration flows arriving in U.S. metropolitan areas between 1995 and 2000. I develop a destination-specific theory of international labor migration based on the principle of cumulative causation, and apply the theory to analyses of the volume and demographic composition of recent Mexican migration flows. I also develop a new measure approximating the "maturity" of the ethnic-specific structures and institutions in urban destination areas, arguing that characteristics of the co-ethnic receiving community plays a pivotal role in shaping patterns of immigration into these areas. Results of the analysis reveal that across U.S. metropolitan areas those that received relatively larger flows between 1985 and 1990 received relatively larger flows subsequently. Net of the volume of the prior Mexican migration flow, however, places with more mature co-ethnic receiving communities received smaller immigration flows between 1995 and 2000 than did places where Mexican immigrant communities are less established. Moreover, the rate of increase in the 1995-2000 immigration volume that is associated with the prior volume declines with increasing co-ethnic settlement maturity. Furthermore, results indicate that local labor market conditions such as wage and unemployment rates drive the Mexican immigration volume to a considerable extent in newer receiving areas, but do not explain any of the variance in the immigration rate in more established receiving areas. Finally, the demographic diversity of Mexican immigration flows is driven largely by the maturity of the co-ethnic receiving area rather than by the volume of the previous migration flow. To conclude Chapter 2, I discuss the theoretical and policy implications of the findings. Chapter 3 builds on the ideas developed and tested in Chapter 2 and examines the extent to which Mexican immigrants' labor market outcomes in urban areas are shaped by the destination-specific dynamics that also structure the volume and nature of Mexican migration. The main analytical objective of the chapter is to examine whether and to what extent the negative impacts of immigration on the labor market outcomes of Mexican workers vary depending on the maturity of the co-ethnic receiving community. The results of the chapter suggest that the volume of Mexican immigration is not significantly associated with the likelihood of experiencing unemployment for men or women. However, the earnings of Mexican workers in urban labor markets are significantly related to the volume of prior Mexican immigration, but the direction of the association depends on the gender of the worker. Male earnings are negatively associated with the volume of migration from 1995-2000. But this effect varies depending on the level of co-ethnic settlement maturity in the local area. Male earnings are most negatively affected by immigration in those areas that have the longest history of receiving Mexican immigrants and the most developed ethnic-specific structures and institutions. But in newly emerging Mexican immigrant destinations, earnings are positively associated with increased immigration. Female earnings are positively related to the volume of prior immigration but interaction effects based on the maturity of the co-ethnic settlement community are similar, though of smaller magnitude, compared to men. The research and theoretical as well as public policy implications of the findings are discussed in the chapter's conclusion. Finally, the focus of Chapter 4 shifts away from 1st generation Mexican immigrants and examines the mechanisms associated with dropping out of high school among their children and grandchildren. The analyses reported in this chapter find that Mexican-origin youth exhibit distinctive patterns of school enrollment in that their enrollment in school depends to a greater extent on their participation in the workforce, and vice-versa, than is the case for U.S.-born white and black youth. This is especially the case among Mexican-origin boys. Implications of the findings for research and theory on immigrant group incorporation and for public policy are discussed. Chapter 5 discusses the broad implications of the results for public policy and theory and research related to U.S. immigration and immigrant incorporation.

Download or read book Mexican Workers in the United States written by George C. Kiser and published by Albuquerque : University of Mexico Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph comprising a collection of readings on issues related to Mexican migrant worker flows (including irregular migrants) to the USA - presents historical and political aspects of foreign worker employment, and discusses forced return migration of Mexican nationals during the 1930's, the impact of legal border commuting frontier workers as well as Mexico's reaction to USA migration policy measures against illegal Mexican workers, etc. Bibliography pp. 285 to 289, references and statistical tables.

Download or read book Summary Report Labor Market Interdependence Between the United States and Mexico written by Lindie Bosniak and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hispanics in the US Labor Market written by Richard R. Verdugo and published by IAP. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hispanic population has emerged at the largest ethnic/racial minority in the United States, and has also become a major political constituency. Consequently, it is important to gauge the extent to which they have been integrated into various societal institutions. One important institution is the US labor market. The research contained in the present volume assess a number of issues about how well Hispanics are integrated into the US labor market, a major factor in the group’s economic status. The research makes important contributions to the existing body of research on the Hispanic population, and may be used by scholars and policy makers in better understanding the status of this important ethnic/racial group.

Download or read book Reinventing Free Labor written by Gunther Peck and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-22 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most infamous villains in North America during the Progressive Era was the padrone, a mafia-like immigrant boss who allegedly enslaved his compatriots and kept them uncivilized, unmanly, and unfree. In this history of the padrone, first published in 2000, Gunther Peck analyzes the figure's deep cultural resonance by examining the lives of three padrones and the workers they imported to North America. He argues that the padrones were not primitive men but rather thoroughly modern entrepreneurs who used corporations, the labour contract, and the right to quit to create far-flung coercive networks. Drawing on Greek, Spanish, and Italian language sources, Peck analyzes how immigrant workers emancipated themselves using the tools of padrone power to their own advantage.

Download or read book Stratification of the Chicano Labor Market Under Conditions of Continuing Immigration written by Teresa A. Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Inequality at Work written by Gregory DeFreitas and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a wide-ranging analysis,the author presents a host of original findings on postwar trends in Hispanic wages, poverty unemployment rates, and educational attainment. The implications of these findings for current debates on income inequality, discrimination, school dropouts, and the domestic effects of immigration are thoroughly evaluated.

Download or read book Guest Workers or Colonized Labor written by Gilbert G. Gonzalez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade of political infighting over comprehensive immigration reform appears at an end, after the 2012 election motivated the Republican Party to work with the Democratic Party's immigration reform agendas. However, a guest worker program within current reform proposals is generally overlooked by the public and by activist organizations. Also overlooked is significant corporate lobbying that affects legislation. This updated edition critically examines the new guest worker program included in the White House and Congressional bipartisan committee s immigration reform blueprints and puts the debate into historical and contemporary contexts. It describes how the influential U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO agreed on guidelines for a new guest worker program to be included in the plan. Gonzalez shows how guest worker programs stand within a history of utilizing controlled, cheap, disposable labor with lofty projections rarely upheld. For courses in a wide variety of disciplines, this timely text taps into trends toward teaching immigration politics and policy.Features of the New Edition"

Download or read book Multiple Origins Uncertain Destinies written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.S. residents will be of Hispanic origin by 2025. This major demographic shift and its implications for both the United States and the growing Hispanic population make Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies a most timely book. This report from the National Research Council describes how Hispanics are transforming the country as they disperse geographically. It considers their roles in schools, in the labor market, in the health care system, and in U.S. politics. The book looks carefully at the diverse populations encompassed by the term "Hispanic," representing immigrants and their children and grandchildren from nearly two dozen Spanish-speaking countries. It describes the trajectory of the younger generations and established residents, and it projects long-term trends in population aging, social disparities, and social mobility that have shaped and will shape the Hispanic experience.

Download or read book Hispanics and the Future of America written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-03-23 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a population that varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in this volume draw on a wide variety of data sources to describe the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography, geography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and political engagement. They provide a rich source of information for researchers, policy makers, and others who want to better understand the fast-growing and diverse population that we call "Hispanic." The current period is a critical one for getting a better understanding of how Hispanics are being shaped by the U.S. experience. This will, in turn, affect the United States and the contours of the Hispanic future remain uncertain. The uncertainties include such issues as whether Hispanics, especially immigrants, improve their educational attainment and fluency in English and thereby improve their economic position; whether growing numbers of foreign-born Hispanics become citizens and achieve empowerment at the ballot box and through elected office; whether impending health problems are successfully averted; and whether Hispanics' geographic dispersal accelerates their spatial and social integration. The papers in this volume provide invaluable information to explore these issues.