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Picot, Garnett; Hou, Feng – Statistics Canada, 2020
In both Canada and the United States, immigrants constitute a disproportionately large share of the supply of university-educated labour trained in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article examines the Canada-U.S. differences in the occupational skill utilization and earnings of STEM-educated immigrant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, STEM Education, Immigrants
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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)
Bridge, 1975
These highlights include information on the immigration and population, educational characteristics, employment characteristics, poverty characteristics, family characteristics, and income of Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Philipino Americans, Korean Americans, and Hawaiians from the 1970 census. (JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Census Figures, Demography
Kochhar, Rakesh – 2003
This report documents labor market trends among Hispanics since the end of 2000, a period of recession and slow recovery, comparing their experiences with those of non-Hispanics and detailing changes by industry, occupation, region, and other economic and demographic attributes. Data come from the Current Population Survey. Hispanic employment was…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Employment Patterns, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants
Reeves, Terrance J.; Bennett, Claudette E. – US Department of Commerce, 2004
This report provides a portrait of the Asian population in the United States and discusses the eleven largest detailed Asian groups at the national level. It is part of the Census 2000 Special Reports series that presents several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000. The Asian population is not homogeneous.…
Descriptors: Income, Immigrants, Census Figures, Asian Americans
New York City Employment Training and Planning Council, NY. – 1976
This report was prepared for inclusion in New York City's application for a CETA (Comprehensive Employment Training Act) Title III program for persons with limited English speaking ability. Utilizing data from the 1970 national census, information is given on the racial/linguistic background of New York City residents compared to the United States…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Employment, Employment Patterns, Ethnic Distribution
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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
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Waldrop, Judith; Crews, Kimberly – Social Education, 2006
Today, the Census Bureau compiles extensive information every year about the people and the economy of the United States. That is how the authors know that in 2006 the United States is going to reach an extraordinary milestone--300 million people. In this article, the authors discuss the "now and then" of the U.S. society. The authors…
Descriptors: Females, Labor Force, Employment Patterns, Census Figures
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
Aponte, Robert; Siles, Marcelo – 1994
This report provides a Latino-focused assessment of the changing demographic and economic landscape of the Midwest between 1980 and 1990. Over 56 percent of the region's population increase was accounted for by Latinos, of which persons of Mexican origin were the largest proportion. The White population decreased by over 300,000 persons, with the…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Economic Change, Educational Attainment
Seraile, Elmore J.; And Others – 1971
This report is based on a sample survey conducted as a supplement to the November 1969 Current Population Survey. An earlier report, based on the same survey, focused on persons of specific types of Spanish origin. The present report shows similar characteristics--mother tongue, language usually spoken in the home, educational attainment,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingualism, Census Figures, Educational Background
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Stier, 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
Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Santiago, Carlos – 1994
This report shows that the face of the Puerto Rican population in the United States has changed dramatically in recent years. The analysis is based largely on data from the 1980 and 1990 Censuses of Population, but it is supplemented by other sources. The number of Puerto Ricans in the United States has increased from close to 2 million in 1980 to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Census Figures, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment
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Hunter, Herbert M. – Urban League Review, 1990
Examines African American employment trends compared with increases or decreases in economic growth and Federal welfare spending during the 1970s and 1980s, focusing primarily on unemployment and labor force participation rates among African American youth. Studies the impact of structural unemployment, racial discrimination, and immigration on…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Census Figures, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
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