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Espenshade, Thomas J.; Goodis, Tracy Ann – 1985
This paper summarizes the results of a study of the impact of immigration on California, particularly in Los Angeles County. Of the 1.7 million foreign-born persons in Los Angeles County in 1980, 950,000 (or 57 percent) came to the United States after 1970. Mexican immigrants comprise almost one-half of the total of recent arrivals. They tend to…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Demography, Educational Attainment, Employment Opportunities
