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Direct linkTakei, Isao; Saenz, Rogelio; Li, Jing – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2009
This study examines the labor market costs associated with being foreign-born and not having U.S. citizenship among Mexicans in California and Texas, the two largest states. Data from the 2000 5% Public Use Microdata Sample are used to conduct the multivariate regression analysis. The results show that being an immigrant, particularly a…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Mexican Americans, Labor Market, Social Environment
Download full textVernez, Georges – 1993
Over the past 20 years, California has experienced a continuous, growing flow of Mexican immigrant laborers. Although Mexican labor was originally linked to agriculture, by 1980 Mexican-born labor was filling a substantial proportion of jobs in all sectors of the California economy, particularly in manufacturing. Because they are concentrated in…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Attainment, Immigrants, Labor Force
Simcox, David E., Ed. – 1988
The introductory chapter of this volume on immigration into the United States is entitled "Overview: A Time of Reform and Reappraisal" (D. Simcox), and it introduces the topics of reform, legal and illegal immigration, the effect of immigration on the labor market and social welfare, and immigration enforcement methods that are discussed…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Labor Legislation, Labor Utilization, Mexicans
Taylor, J. Edward; Espenshade, Thomas J. – 1987
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 contains controversial provisions to allow temporary "replenishment" farmworkers to enter the United States to harvest perishable crops. This paper describes the role of legal and illegal foreign workers in California agriculture in relation to these provisions and the assumptions on which…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Patterns, Farm Labor, Federal Legislation
Alvarado, Andrew; And Others – 1992
This report examines the effects of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) on the raisin industry's labor market, and provides educators with background on California migrant workers and their deteriorating working conditions. Because the raisin harvest lasts only 3-4 weeks but employs 40,000-50,000 workers, any effects of IRCA on…
Descriptors: Demography, Labor Market, Labor Supply, Mexican Americans
Gabbard, Susan; Goldring, Luin – 1991
This report examines the occupational mobility of agricultural workers in two California labor markets and the effects of the Immigration Reform and Control Act and individual, job, and labor-market characteristics on such mobility. Interviews were conducted among a randomly selected sample of 162 households, which included 401 workers in southern…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Demography, Educational Attainment, Farm Labor
