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Peer reviewedBaerga, Maria del Carmen; Thompson, Lanny – International Migration Review, 1990
Argues that the semiperipheral development of Puerto Rico since around 1975 has created a relative labor surplus in formal sectors of the economy while increasing demand for cheap labor in the informal service sector. Describes migration of Puerto Ricans to and from the U.S. and of Dominicans to Puerto Rico. (AF)
Descriptors: Dominicans, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
Valdez, Armando, Ed; And Others – 1983
Symposium organizers commissioned papers that examined existing Chicano research in studies of family, labor, and migration, three subjects continually recurring in Chicano research. The papers were organized in four sessions: historical and contemporary research on Chicano workers, foundations of research on Chicano families, Chicano domestic and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Family Characteristics, Immigrants, Labor Force
Swanson, Linda L.; Butler, Margaret A. – 1987
Due largely to outmigration of young people, the nonmetropolitan United States has a lower proportion of people in the prime working ages of 20-44 than do metropolitan areas. Discouraged workers and high levels of work-preventing disabilities have contributed to lower rates of nonmetropolitan labor force participation for each age group between 20…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Benefits, Futures (of Society)
