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Lee, Jennifer C. – Social Forces, 2013
The increase in high-skilled immigrants to the United States coincided with the expansion of the high-technology sector, and now a large share of Asian immigrants concentrate in high-tech industries. Despite much research on the relationship between ethnic concentration and labor market outcomes, the association between ethnic niche employment and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Asian Americans, Industry, Employment Patterns
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Milkie, Melissa A.; Raley, Sara B.; Bianchi, Suzanne M. – Social Forces, 2009
The term "second shift" from Hochschild's (1989) classic volume is commonly used by scholars to mean that employed mothers face an unequal load of household labor and thus a "double day" of work. We use two representative samples of contemporary U.S. parents with preschoolers to test how mothers employed fulltime and married to a full-time worker…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Fathers, Time Management
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Read, Jen'nan Ghazal; Cohen, Philip N. – Social Forces, 2007
Leading explanations for ethnic disparities in U.S. women's employment derive largely from research on men. Although recent case studies of newer immigrant groups suggest that these explanations may be less applicable than previously believed, no study to date has assessed this question systematically. Using 2000 Census data, this study tests the…
Descriptors: Females, Employment Patterns, Ethnic Groups, Whites
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Tolnay, Stewart E.; Eichenlaub, Suzanne C. – Social Forces, 2006
The Great Migration of southerners away from their region of birth stands as one of the most significant demographic events in U.S. history. The first waves of migrants headed primarily to the Northeast and Midwest. During and after World War II, a larger proportion moved to the West. We use information from the 1970 through 2000 public use…
Descriptors: United States History, Economic Status, War, Immigrants