Inequality at work : Hispanics in the U.S. labor force / Gregory DeFreitas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeFreitas, Gregory.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Employment.

Hispanic Americans.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

United States.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

xiv, 284 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

Summary:

This book provides the first comprehensive economic assessment of the rapidly growing Hispanic American work force. In a wide-ranging analysis of a variety of large computerized data banks, the author presents a host of original findings on postwar trends in Hispanic wages, poverty unemployment rates, and educational attainment. The implications of these findings for current debates on income inequality, discrimination, school dropouts, and the domestic effects of immigration are thoroughly evaluated. Many of the conclusions throw into question widely held views on these issues among the public, academics, and policymakers.

Contents:

2. The Emergence of the Hispanic American Labor Force 10

Mexican Americans 11

Puerto Ricans 26

Cubans 36

Other Latin Americans 39

3. Growth and Stagnation in Employment and Earnings 53

Data Comparability Problems 53

Income and Earnings Trends: 1949-1979 54

Annual Trends: 1973-1987 57

Poverty: 1949-1987 60

Explanations of the Postwar Patterns 65

4. Hispanic Unemployment Across the Business Cycle 95

Unemployment Theories and Minority Unemployment 95

Cyclical Fluctuations in Participation and Employment 113

Econometric Findings 118

5. Unemployment Differentials Among Spanish-Origin Groups 130

Evidence on Spell Frequency, Length, and Causes 130

Multivariate Analysis of Incidence and Duration 144

Decomposition of the Unemployment Gap 156

6. Hispanic Capitalism: Dimensions and Prospects 167

Changes in Self-Employment, 1970-1980 168

Determinants of Self-Employment 169

Consequences of Self-Employment 176

7. The Educational Crisis of Hispanic Youth 186

Educational Attainment Differentials 187

Determinants of Enrollment 188

Regression Analysis of Dropout Behavior 198

8. Does Immigration Harm Native Workers? 209

The Magnitude of Migration 210

Impacts on the Public Transfer System 214

Impacts on Domestic Earnings and Unemployment 228.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195064216

OCLC:

23386734