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Antecol, Heather; Kuhn, Peter; Trejo, Stephen J. – Journal of Human Resources, 2006
Using 1980/81 and 1990/91 census data from Australia, Canada, and the United States, we estimate the effects of time in the destination country on male immigrants' wages, employment, and earnings. We find that total earnings assimilation is greatest in the United States and least in Australia. Employment assimilation explains all of the earnings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Wages, Insurance, Immigrants
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Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Regets, Mark C. – International Migration Review, 1996
Data from the 1990 U.S. Census on the effect of admission criteria on immigrant earnings profiles found that nonoccupation-based immigration, usually family-based, was associated with lower entry earnings but higher earnings growth than occupation-based immigration. Earnings became nearly equal after 11 to 18 years. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Criteria, Employment Patterns, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Stoll, Michael A. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006
This paper examines the relationship between job sprawl and the spatial mismatch between blacks and jobs. Using data from a variety of sources, including the 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census and U.S. Department of Commerce's ZIP Code Business Patterns, I control extensively for metropolitan area characteristics and other factors. In addition, I use…
Descriptors: African American Employment, Population Growth, Physical Geography, Metropolitan Areas
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Reardon, Robert C.; Vernick, Stacie H.; Reed, Corey A. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2004
This article analyzes employment data from the U.S. census (1960 to 1990) using the Holland classification. The census data are organized according to category of occupation, occupational level, gender, and income. The results indicate that the distributions of employment are similar from 1960 to 1990 despite some major shifts within several…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Labor Market, Employment Level, Census Figures
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Tienda, Marta; Singer, Audrey – International Migration Review, 1995
Examines how recently legalized immigrants differ from all foreign-born persons and native-born whites in wage mobility, and explores whether wages improve as they acquire more U.S. experience. Census data demonstrate positive returns in regard to U.S. experience for undocumented immigrants and all foreign-born men. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Census Figures, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
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Chapa, Jorge; De La Rosa, Belinda – Education and Urban Society, 2004
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics indicate that Latinos lag behind non-Latinos in education and in other socioeconomic characteristics. Although there are some positive indications such as the decrease of individuals and children living in poverty and an increase in the number of individuals working…
Descriptors: Population Growth, Poverty, Family Income, Family Size
Ellis, Diane C. – 1984
Data from both the 1970 and the 1980 Census are used to determine changes and trends in artist occupations and in the numbers of artists. The effects of changes in methods utilized to count artists in the 1980 Census are outlined, and estimated rates of growth by artist occupations are provided. The percentage of women artists, the ethnic…
Descriptors: Artists, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Simon, Julian L. – 1995
This report contains economic and demographic facts related to immigration, but it does not advocate any position or ideology nor make any judgments about whether immigrants should receive government services. When possible, data are presented as graphs. A review of the facts makes it apparent that the rate of U.S. immigration in the 1990s is…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment
Cain, Glen G.; Finnie, Ross – 1987
The 1980 Census of the United States is used, first, to illustrate the serious lag in employment performance of young black men relative to young white men and, second, to test for the importance of demand-side causes of this lag. Aggregate data for 94 standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSAs) contain data on the annual hours worked in 1979…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Demand Occupations, Economic Factors
Dempsey, Richard E. – 1991
Over the years, the decennial census and the Current Population Survey have been major sources of essential data to and about workers in specific occupations. In the 1970s, the database of employment projections shifted from the census to the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey program. For various reasons, the National Occupational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Census Figures, Databases
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Keithly, Diane C.; Deseran, Forrest A. – Youth & Society, 1995
Data from the 1980 Public Use Microdata Sample D for 16- to 18-year-old youths living with their parents are used to construct a model of youth labor force participation, incorporating household, local economic, and individual variables. Findings suggest the significant effects of household structural characteristics and family resources. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Census Figures, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
Women Work! The National Network for Women's Employment, Washington, DC. – 1994
For many single mothers and displaced homemakers (homemakers who must suddenly enter the workforce), jobs often do not signify escape from poverty. 1990 U.S. Census data indicate that the number of single mothers and displaced homemakers rose dramatically during the 1980s. Workforce participation for this group also rose during that decade, but…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Displaced Homemakers, Economic Status, Employment Patterns
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Muschkin, Clara G. – International Migration Review, 1993
Explores the individual-level relationship of return migrant status to employment outcomes, taking into account local and regional factors such as the Puerto Rican level of employment. Findings using 1970 and 1980 Census data support a negative influence of return migrant status. Mediating factors are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Economic Factors, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Griffin, Minh Ly – 1995
This study describes New York City's population of 16-to-24-year-olds using data from the 1990 Census' Public Use Microdata Sample. Selected characteristics pertaining to the education and employment of these young adults are examined, and information is given about the school and work status of youth in the city according to various demographic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Census Figures, Demography, Early Parenthood
Sandefur, Gary D.; Wells, Thomas – 1996
Congress justified the recent reform of federal welfare policy in part by citing the increase in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) caseload since the late 1960s. The caseload, i.e., the number of families using AFDC, is determined by the number of families eligible to participate and by the proportion of these families who use the…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Employment Patterns, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
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