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Peer reviewedTienda, 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
Peer reviewedStier, Haya; Tienda, Marta – International Migration Review, 1992
Results from analyses of census data for 997 immigrant Mexican wives, 347 Puerto Ricans, and 405 other Hispanics in comparison with 1,210 native-born counterparts and 8,766 white wives indicate that the labor force behavior of Hispanic wives is highly responsive to their earning potential. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cultural Differences, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
