Surveys Polish emigration up to World War II and examines current age structure and occupational composition of Polish migrants in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. (Author/GC)

Assesses second generation success using data form the 1994 Canadian General Social Survey for women and men, ages 25 to 64. Confirms success at educational level and occupational status through multivariate analysis. Shows that magnitudes of achievement vary for different immigration groups. Contains three pages of references. (MMU)

Examines the incorporation of undocumented immigrants before and after application for legal status under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Provides descriptive analysis of gender differences in labor-force participation and occupational status and multivariate analysis of variables in occupational status between genders.…

Analyzes whether English skills differently affect earnings and occupational sorting of border versus non-border Mexican Americans, examining areas with predominantly language minority residents and with English-dominant residents. Results find comparable English deficiency earnings penalties for Mexican immigrants, suggesting that they respond to…

Examines the changing occupational patterns of Chinese Americans in the past 100 years. Considers the historic background of legal and socioeconomic restrictions, occupation accommodation, differences between native and foreign-born Chinese, Chinese entrepreneurship, the Chinatown sub-economy, and the health status of Chinese with work experience.…

Measures ethnic identity among three generations of Greek Americans living in the New York Metropolitan area. Shows that, though there is a generational variation, the majority of Greeks still have relatively strong attachment to their ethnic culture, despite their identification with American society. (Author/GC)

Examines participation in small businesses by 272 immigrant entrepreneurs in Ontario (Canada) using a theoretical model viewing immigrant enterprise as a product of class and ethnic resources in combination with a favorable opportunity structure. In Ontario, Hong Kong Chinese immigrants predominate among new ethnic entrepreneurs. (SLD)

Examines second-generation immigrant upward mobility in the past and provides comparisons with the present. It argues against the notion of the American economic context and racial origins of today's immigration will result in a much less favorable future for the second generation. (GR)