Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks
It is generally expected that immigrants do not fare as well as the native-born in the U.S. labor market. The literature also documents that Blacks experience lower labor market outcomes than Whites. This paper innovates by studying the interaction...
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okr-10986-69412021-04-23T14:02:32Z Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks de Walque, Damien ACCOUNTING AFRICAN SLAVES AGE GROUP ASSIMILATION BLACK BLACK MALES BLACK MEN BLACK WOMEN BLACK-WHITE BLACKS CITIZEN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP COLLEGE GRADUATES COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CULTURAL FACTORS CULTURAL TRAITS DEBATE DISABILITY EARNING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT RATE FAMILY MEMBERS FORCED MIGRATION GENDER GHETTOS HISPANIC MALES HISPANIC MEN HISPANIC ORIGIN HISPANIC WOMEN HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT GROUPS IMMIGRANT STATUS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION STATUS INCOME INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOCAL LABOR MARKET MARITAL STATUS MINORITY MOBILITY NUMBER OF CHILDREN POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY PROBIT REGRESSIONS PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION RACE RACE CATEGORIES RACES RACIAL COMPOSITION RACIAL DIFFERENCES RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RACIAL GROUP RACIAL GROUPS RACIAL SEGREGATION RECENT IMMIGRANTS SCHOOL QUALITY SEGREGATED NEIGHBORHOODS SEGREGATION SKILL GROUP SLAVERY SOUTH AMERICA VULNERABILITY WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE GAP WAGES WHITE MALES WHITE WOMEN WHITES WORKERS YOUNG CHILD It is generally expected that immigrants do not fare as well as the native-born in the U.S. labor market. The literature also documents that Blacks experience lower labor market outcomes than Whites. This paper innovates by studying the interaction between race and immigration. The study compares the labor market outcomes of four racial groups in the United States (Whites, Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics) interacted with their foreign born status, using the Integrated Public Use Micro Data Series data for the 2000 Census. Among women and for labor market outcomes such as labor force participation, employment, and personal income, the foreign born are doing worse than the native born from the same racial background, with the exception of Blacks. Among men, for labor force participation and employment, foreign-born Blacks are doing better than native Blacks. The paper tests different possible explanations for this "reversal" of the advantage of natives over immigrants among Blacks. It considers citizenship, ability in English, age at and time since arrival in the United States, as well as neighborhood effects, but concludes that none of these channels explains or modifies the observed reversal. 2012-06-01T21:44:33Z 2012-06-01T21:44:33Z 2008-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9899327/race-immigration-labor-marke-t-contrasting-outcomes-foreign-born-native-blacks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6941 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4737 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCOUNTING AFRICAN SLAVES AGE GROUP ASSIMILATION BLACK BLACK MALES BLACK MEN BLACK WOMEN BLACK-WHITE BLACKS CITIZEN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP COLLEGE GRADUATES COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CULTURAL FACTORS CULTURAL TRAITS DEBATE DISABILITY EARNING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT RATE FAMILY MEMBERS FORCED MIGRATION GENDER GHETTOS HISPANIC MALES HISPANIC MEN HISPANIC ORIGIN HISPANIC WOMEN HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT GROUPS IMMIGRANT STATUS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION STATUS INCOME INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOCAL LABOR MARKET MARITAL STATUS MINORITY MOBILITY NUMBER OF CHILDREN POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY PROBIT REGRESSIONS PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION RACE RACE CATEGORIES RACES RACIAL COMPOSITION RACIAL DIFFERENCES RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RACIAL GROUP RACIAL GROUPS RACIAL SEGREGATION RECENT IMMIGRANTS SCHOOL QUALITY SEGREGATED NEIGHBORHOODS SEGREGATION SKILL GROUP SLAVERY SOUTH AMERICA VULNERABILITY WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE GAP WAGES WHITE MALES WHITE WOMEN WHITES WORKERS YOUNG CHILD |
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ACCOUNTING AFRICAN SLAVES AGE GROUP ASSIMILATION BLACK BLACK MALES BLACK MEN BLACK WOMEN BLACK-WHITE BLACKS CITIZEN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP COLLEGE GRADUATES COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CULTURAL FACTORS CULTURAL TRAITS DEBATE DISABILITY EARNING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT RATE FAMILY MEMBERS FORCED MIGRATION GENDER GHETTOS HISPANIC MALES HISPANIC MEN HISPANIC ORIGIN HISPANIC WOMEN HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT GROUPS IMMIGRANT STATUS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION STATUS INCOME INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOCAL LABOR MARKET MARITAL STATUS MINORITY MOBILITY NUMBER OF CHILDREN POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY PROBIT REGRESSIONS PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION RACE RACE CATEGORIES RACES RACIAL COMPOSITION RACIAL DIFFERENCES RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RACIAL GROUP RACIAL GROUPS RACIAL SEGREGATION RECENT IMMIGRANTS SCHOOL QUALITY SEGREGATED NEIGHBORHOODS SEGREGATION SKILL GROUP SLAVERY SOUTH AMERICA VULNERABILITY WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE GAP WAGES WHITE MALES WHITE WOMEN WHITES WORKERS YOUNG CHILD de Walque, Damien Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4737 |
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It is generally expected that immigrants
do not fare as well as the native-born in the U.S. labor
market. The literature also documents that Blacks experience
lower labor market outcomes than Whites. This paper
innovates by studying the interaction between race and
immigration. The study compares the labor market outcomes of
four racial groups in the United States (Whites, Blacks,
Asians, and Hispanics) interacted with their foreign born
status, using the Integrated Public Use Micro Data Series
data for the 2000 Census. Among women and for labor market
outcomes such as labor force participation, employment, and
personal income, the foreign born are doing worse than the
native born from the same racial background, with the
exception of Blacks. Among men, for labor force
participation and employment, foreign-born Blacks are doing
better than native Blacks. The paper tests different
possible explanations for this "reversal" of the
advantage of natives over immigrants among Blacks. It
considers citizenship, ability in English, age at and time
since arrival in the United States, as well as neighborhood
effects, but concludes that none of these channels explains
or modifies the observed reversal. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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de Walque, Damien |
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de Walque, Damien |
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de Walque, Damien |
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Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks |
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Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks |
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Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks |
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Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks |
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Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks |
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race, immigration, and the u.s. labor market : contrasting the outcomes of foreign born and native blacks |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9899327/race-immigration-labor-marke-t-contrasting-outcomes-foreign-born-native-blacks http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6941 |
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