Ancestry versus Ethnicity : The Complexity and Selectivity of Mexican Identification in the United States

Using microdata from the 2000 U.S. Census, we analyze the responses of Mexican Americans to questions that independently elicit their ethnicity (or Hispanic origin) and their ancestry. We investigate whether different patterns of responses to these questions reflect varying degrees of ethnic attachment...

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Year of publication:	2008-06-01
Authors:	Duncan, Brian ; Trejo, Stephen
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Ethnische Identität \| Herkunft \| Mischehe \| intermarriage

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Extent:	347136 bytes 47 p. application/pdf
Series:	Universität Bonn - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Discussion Papers in 2008 Discussion Paper ; 3552 (2008)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; J62 - Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility ; Personnel administration. Human resources management. General ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; USA
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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