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Title: Economic Assimilation of Mexican and Central Americans in the United States *

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Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: Using United States Census data between 1970 and 2017, we analyze the economic assimilation of subsequent arrival cohorts of Mexicans and Central Amer-icans by comparing their wage and employment probability to that of natives with similar age and education. We find that on average they started with a wage gap of 40-45 percent and eliminated half of it in the 20 years after entry. Recent cohorts, arrived after 1995, did better than earlier cohorts in initial gap and convergence. They also started with no employment disadvantage at arrival and they overtook natives in employment rates by 20 years after arrival.

Url: https://www.zachrutledge.com/uploads/1/2/5/6/125679559/economic_assimilation_draft_10.1.20.pdf

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Authors: Rutledge, Zachariah; Peri, Giovanni

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Institution: UC Davis

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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