The politics of private foreign investment [United States investments abroad]
In: Foreign affairs, Band 45, S. 639-651
ISSN: 0015-7120
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In: Foreign affairs, Band 45, S. 639-651
ISSN: 0015-7120
Contents -- About the Author -- Map of the Caribbean -- Acknowledgments: Intellectual Debts and Personal Debts -- 1. Why Study West Indians? -- 2. Documenting the Difference Between West Indians and African Americans -- 3. Three Explanations for the Difference Between West Indians and African Americans -- 4. Testing the Hypothesis of Selectivity -- 5. Testing Cultural Hypotheses -- 6. Testing the White Favoritism Hypothesis -- 7. An Immigrant Success Story -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index
In: The review of black political economy: analyzing policy prescriptions designed to reduce inequalities, Band 40, Heft 4, S. 425-448
ISSN: 1936-4814
This paper estimates the net effects of nativity, ethnicity and race on the earnings of Cape Verdean Americans, a small, Afro-European group who speak a Portuguese-based Creole. While in their homeland, most Cape Verdeans identify as mestiço, but in America they are usually perceived as black. The data come from the 2000 US Census and the American Community Survey (2000–2007); Native Born Non-Hispanic Whites and African Americans serve as benchmarks. The results show that, controlling for pre-migration education, foreign birth is not a handicap; indeed, for women it is an advantage. Ethnicity too is never a handicap and occasionally an advantage. Race, on the other hand, penalizes males. Native born Cape Verdean men who identify as "Other", "Black Other" or "Black" earn significantly less than NBNH Whites. On the other hand, regardless of racial identity, Native born Cape Verdean women earn at least as much as NBNH Whites. Finally, one subgroup of native born Cape Verdean men and women, those who identify racially as "Black", earn slightly more than African Americans.
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 64-81
ISSN: 1747-7379, 0197-9183
This article contributes to the growing literature maintaining that the ethnic enclave represents a distinct, third alternative to a dual economy. The data are interviews with 45 elderly, immigrant blacks, Jews and Italians from New York City. Two facets of the enclave are explored: determinants of job outcomes for employees and factors responsible for entrepreneurial viability. With regard to employees, the analysis shows enclave workers obtain job security and job status equivalent to openings in the primary sector. Investigation of the organization of ethnic entrepreneurship reveals that the mobilization of several factors unique to ethnicity enhances the competitiveness of minority firms.
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 64-81
ISSN: 0197-9183
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 19, S. 64-81
ISSN: 0197-9183
In: Synthese: an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science, Band 198, Heft S21, S. 1-16
ISSN: 1573-0964
In: Social science history: the official journal of the Social Science History Association, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 31-48
ISSN: 1527-8034
Although most Italian and Jewish immigrants arrived in the United States during the same turn-of-the-century period, the occupational trajectories of their descendants have been very different. Many writers have emphasized that Jews brought with them urban-industrial experience, entrepreneurial skills, a determination to settle in America, and a reverence for education (Joseph, 1969, orig. 1914; Glazer, 1958). Italians were more often peasants or farm laborers, though their familiarity with commerce and the crafts should not be underestimated (Briggs, 1978; Gabaccia, 1984). Some have also argued that familism and disdain for education further delayed Italian participation in the upgrading of the American occupational structure (Covello, 1972; Child, 1970).