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Hwang, Sean-Shong; Xi, Juan – Social Forces, 2008
This study evaluates the empirical merits of a multilevel model of English language proficiency among immigrants. The model represents a synthesis of Blau's theory of intergroup relations and the human capital model. Hypotheses derived from the model were tested using multilevel ordinal logistic analysis with individual and aggregate data from…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Intergroup Relations, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
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Gerber, Theodore P.; Mayorova, Olga – Social Forces, 2006
We examine how the shift from state socialism affects gender inequality in the labor market using multivariate models of employment exit, employment entry, job mobility and new job quality for 3,580 Russian adults from 1991 through 1997. Gender differences changed in a complex fashion. Relative to men, women gained greater access to employment,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Occupational Mobility, Labor Market, Human Capital