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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gregory DeFreitas |
ISBN: | 0195064216 9780195064216 |
OCLC Number: | 23386734 |
Description: | xvi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | The Emergence of the Hispanic American Labor Force -- Mexican Americans -- Puerto Ricans -- Cubans -- Other Latin Americans -- Growth and Stagnation in Employment and Earnings -- Data Comparability Problems -- Income and Earnings Trends: 1949-1979 -- Annual Trends: 1973-1987 -- Poverty: 1949-1987 -- Explanations of the Postwar Patterns -- Hispanic Unemployment Across the Business Cycle -- Unemployment Theories and Minority Unemployment -- Cyclical Fluctuations in Participation and Employment -- Econometric Findings -- Unemployment Differentials Among Spanish-Origin Groups -- Evidence on Spell Frequency, Length, and Causes -- Multivariate Analysis of Incidence and Duration -- Decomposition of the Unemployment Gap -- Hispanic Capitalism: Dimensions and Prospects -- Changes in Self-Employment, 1970-1980 -- Determinants of Self-Employment -- Consequences of Self-Employment -- The Educational Crisis of Hispanic Youth -- Educational Attainment Differentials -- Determinants of Enrollment -- Regression Analysis of Dropout Behavior -- Does Immigration Harm Native Workers? -- The Magnitude of Migration -- Impacts on the Public Transfer System -- Impacts on Domestic Earnings and Unemployment. |
Responsibility: | Gregory DeFreitas. |
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Abstract:
The author presents a detailed economic analysis of the rapidly growing Hispanic work force presently living in the USA.
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an impressive piece of work, bringing together in one place an enormous amount of literature and data in order to address important questions * Urban Literature *
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- Hispanic Americans -- Employment.
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