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Which Mexicans Are White? : Enumerator-Assigned Race in the 1930 Census and the Socioeconomic Integration of Mexican Americans
Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The authors explore unique complete-count data from the 1930 Census in which a respondent's race was assigned by enumerators and "Mexican" was one of the possible responses. Census enumerators frequently and selectively assigned a non-Mexican race--predominantly "white"--to U.S.-born individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337855
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The Minimum Wage and Inequality Between Groups
Blau, Francine D.; Cohen, Isaac; Comey, Matthew L.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
state and federal minimum wage policies on gender, race, and ethnic inequality throughout the wage distribution, focusing on … gender, racial, and ethnic inequality in the present day …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372482
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Ethnic Attrition, Assimilation, and the Measured Health Outcomes of Mexican Americans
Antman, Francisca M. - 2020
The literature on immigrant assimilation and intergenerational progress has sometimes reached surprising conclusions, such as the puzzle of immigrant advantage which finds that Hispanic immigrants sometimes have better health than U.S.-born Hispanics. While numerous studies have attempted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479266
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Ethnic Identification, Intermarriage, and Unmeasured Progress by Mexican Americans
Duncan, Brian - 2005
children retain a Mexican ethnicity. Such findings raise the possibility that selective ethnic "attrition" might bias observed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467256
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Gender and Assimilation Among Mexican Americans
Blau, Francine D. - 2005
Using 1994-2003 CPS data, we study gender and assimilation of Mexican Americans. Source …country patterns, particularly the more traditional gender division of labor in the family in Mexico …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467167
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Hispanic Americans in the Labor Market : Patterns Over Time and Across Generations
Antman, Francisca M.; Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This article reviews evidence on the labor market performance of Hispanics in the United States, with a particular focus on the US-born segment of this population. After discussing critical issues that arise in the US data sources commonly used to study Hispanics, we document how Hispanics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477242
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453320
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Immigrants and Gender Roles : Assimilation vs. Culture
Blau, Francine D. - 2015
find considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456915
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The Complexity of Immigrant Generations : Implications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Integration of Hispanics and Asians
Duncan, Brian - 2016
Because of data limitations, virtually all studies of the later-generation descendants of immigrants rely on subjective measures of ethnic self-identification rather than arguably more objective measures based on the countries of birth of the respondent and his ancestors. In this context, biases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456691
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Understanding International Differences in the Gender Pay Gap
Blau, Francine D. - 2001
's gender pay gap. Using micro-data for 22 countries over the 1985-94 period, we find that more compressed male wage structures … and lower female net supply are both associated with a lower gender pay gap. Since it is likely that labor market … between the gender pay gap and male wage inequality suggests that wage-setting mechanisms, such as encompassing collective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470524