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Title: Why are the wages of the Mexican immigrants and their descendants so low in the United States?

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: This paper studies the role of occupational segregation in explaining the low wages among first, second and third generation Mexican immigrants in the United States. Mexican-Americans earn lower wages than blacks mainly because they possess less human capital. With respect to whites, their lower wages are also a product of their smaller rewards for skills and underrepresentation at the top of the occupational structure. Occupational segregation constitutes an important part of the wage gap between natives and Mexican-born immigrants. For subsequent generations, the contribution of occupational segregation to the wage gap varies significantly between groups and according to the decomposition used

Url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/24890694?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

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Authors: Orraca, Pedro; Garca Meneses, Erika

Periodical (Full): Estudios Ec

Issue: 2

Volume: 31

Pages: 305-337

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Other

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