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This study compares the occupational profiles of six immigrant groups in the Los Angeles economy to expose details of the relationship between gender, nativity, time of arrival and labor market segmentation. We investigate the occupational division of labor among the foreign-born from Mexico, E1 Salvador, the Philippines, Guatemala, Korea and China and find that gender plays a dominant role relative to ethnicity in the process of labor market segmentation. We also discover that newly arrived immigrant men are more likely to enter male-dominated occupations than newly arrived women are likely to concentrate in female-dominated occupations. This tendency, however, varies in strength by nativity. Nativity and time of arrival also affect the anatomy of occupational specialization, but, again, this effect is not consistent across groups. Our observation of variability in the relative strength of gender and ethnicity in the determination of occupational profiles across a broad sample of immigrant groups directs future researchers to consider how ethnic resources are gendered in different ways by nativity.

A method for matching data from the 1980 and 1990 Public Use Microdata Samples of the U.S. Census with respect to the 100 most populous metropolitan areas is outlined. The data is used in comparative urban analysis.

Results of national surveys on the female labor force reveal a dramatic increase in women's participation in market work throughout the country. Women's individual characteristics, such as their age, marital status and educational level, are identified as factors which affect their work decisions. In large metropolitan districts, for instance, the majority of women who choose to work are college graduates with high experience rates. Women's labor supply is also affected by the working conditions present in different metropolitan areas, including working conditions and salaries., INTRODUCTION The rates at which women work outside their homes increased dramatically in the US and other industrialized countries in recent decades and these changes in work patterns are related [...]

In this paper we investigate the interstate migration of people with AiDS to Florida under the hypothesis that a significant proportion of these moves are made to access care and support from elderly parents. We present a variety of aggregate data to support this hypothesis. Data recording interstate moves to Florida show that over 19% of interstate migrants with AIDS chose small cities and largely rural counties as their destinations, places without well-developed medical and social service facilities beneficial to people with AIDS. Moreover, the highest in-migration rates are in counties with the greatest proportion of elderly people, who are mostly retirees from other states. A Poisson regression model of destination choice indicates that the attraction of places with a high proportion of the population over 65 is statistically significant, after controlling for other factors that may also draw migrants with AIDS. We infer from analysis of trends in migration flows, that some people with AIDS may be relocating to seek support from elderly parents. Key words - AIDS, migration, caregiving, elderly parents

The association of the cognitive style known as field dependence-independence and 168 subjects' correct detection of the number of parts in 24 musical items was investigated. Each item was arranged in one of three textures. With the effects of general mental ability, experience in music, and gender held constant, scores on the Group Embedded Figures Test explained significant variance in discrimination (7.5%). Factorial analysis showed significant main effects for cognitive-style groups, number of parts, and texture. The interaction between the effects of part and texture was also significant. In some cases an individual's cognitive style may influence perception of 'what's going on' in music.

W.E.B. Du Bois's accomodationist views on the 1917-1918 war effort may not have been motivated by pragmatism, as William Jordan suggests, but by his desire to prove that he was loyal to the US. Major Joel E. Spingarn apparently persuaded Du Bois to foment pro-military sentiment among African Americans, with the implicit promise that it would advance the civil rights agenda, once the war was won. Jordan's analysis of Du Bois's 'Close Ranks' editorial ignores this fact.

This article deals with the experience of German minorities in Britain and the USA during World War I. The introductory section points to the fact that serious racial persecutions have taken place during total war in the twentieth century. The subsequent sections detail the experience of Germans in the USA and Britain respectively, pointing to the development of ethnic groups before 1914 and moving on to demonstrate the persecution that they faced from governments and public opinion in both countries. The conclusion compares the wartime experience of Germans in Britain and the USA, and suggests that in terms of strength of hostility, British and US treatment of enemy aliens remains similar. The main difference concerns the much smaller number of Germans in Britain and the greater ethnic diversity of the USA. These two factors, especially the former, meant that the British government could deal with its German population more thoroughly than could the Wilson administration in the USA.

J. Edgar Hoover used his position as Bureau of Investigation director to perpetuate his beliefs that the civil rights movement was a communist-supported plot despite the lack of evidence. His beliefs were based in the rigidly segregated Washington, DC, of his youth and the racial violence occurring between May and Sep 1919. Hoover believed the continuing black protest was generated by Bolshevik and Industrial Workers of the World propaganda even though his own operatives could find no evidence. Hoover was disinterested in the causes for white rioting.

This paper analyzes the migration of Puerto Rican-born women from the United States to Puerto Rico using longitudinal data. We hypothesize that sojourn length in the United States is a function of both structural (macro-level economic and cultural factors) and behavioral (micro-level life-cycle experiences and personal attributes) variables. We test these hypotheses by estimating a proportional hazards model. The parameter estimates of this model indicate that sojourn length in the United States, and thus the decision to return to Puerto Rico, is a function of wage trends and community characteristics on the mainland plus a number of individual attributes that include education, marriage, and childbirth. Key Words: female migration and circulation, Puerto Rico, structural factors, behavioral factors, proportional hazards model.

The geography of migration measured by occupation can be measured by developing models of migration regions which resemble each other in terms of migration of specific groups. These regions are differentiated in terms of industry and occupation, variations which are linked to flows of information on employment and employment opportunities for different kinds of jobs within regions, two areas which would prove fruitful avenues for future research. Other areas for research include the effect which big companies and institutions have on how skills are distributed between regions.