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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Main Author: de Walque, Damien
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9899327/race-immigration-labor-marke-t-contrasting-outcomes-foreign-born-native-blacks
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4737
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author de Walque, Damien
author_facet de Walque, Damien
author_sort de Walque, Damien
title Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks
title_short Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks
title_full Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks
title_fullStr Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks
title_full_unstemmed Race, Immigration, and the U.S. Labor Market : Contrasting the Outcomes of Foreign Born and Native Blacks
title_sort race, immigration, and the u.s. labor market : contrasting the outcomes of foreign born and native blacks
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url 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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