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Labor Market Outcomes of Hispanics by Generation. ERIC Digest.
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- This digest presents an analysis of the workforce participation of Latinos, emphasizing findings by generation. It describes the demographics of native-born and immigrant Latinos and compares labor market outcomes for adult, young adult, and teen workers. The digest also explores the relationship between schooling and labor market participation, with a particular look at differences across ethnicities as well as across Latino generations. Findings analyzed indicate that labor market outcomes vary significantly by worker age, working Latino immigrants tend to be mature adults, and working age second generation Latinos are between 16-24 years. For prime-age labor market outcomes, data indicate that Latino wage outcomes are very sensitive to generation, Latino workers are the lowest paid workers in the U.S. labor market, employment rates improve among Hispanics from the first to the second generation as a result of improved educational attainment, and male Latino job-holding slightly lags white job-holding but is substantially above African American job-holding. Recently arrived Latino immigrant teens are the highest paid teenage workers and have the highest incomes because they work a lot. Findings suggest, however, that the relative labor market success of immigrant Latino teens tends to be at the expense of schooling activities, as recently arrived immigrant Latino teens tend not to pursue formal schooling and are not acquiring English fluency. Young immigrant Hispanic dropouts have a lower unemployment rate and earn more money than young white and African American dropouts. (Contains 10 references.) (SM)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0889-8049
- Database :
- ERIC
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ED480918
- Document Type :
- ERIC Publications<br />ERIC Digests in Full Text