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Title: Ethnic Enclave Residence & Employment Accessibility of Latino Workers in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC

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Publication Year: 2008

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Abstract: This paper examines the impact of living in ethnic enclaves in different parts of the metropolitan area on low-skilled Latino immigrants’ employment accessibility. It does so by comparing the employment status and commuting times of Latinos living in and out of ethnic neighborhoods in central city, inner-ring suburbs and outer-ring suburbs in Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Using 2000 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), this paper finds that enclave effect is much muted and spatial mismatch effect evident in the central cities. But in the suburban areas, while as likely to work as nonenclave counterparts, enclave residents tend to commute longer to jobs, suggesting the importance of ethnic networks in enclave neighborhoods. These disparities in commuting duration are not fully compensated for by their wage earnings or neighborhood-level housing costs. Further distinguishing Latino immigrants by gender shows that women are more enclave-disadvantaged than men.

Url: https://ideas.repec.org/p/luk/wpaper/8536.html

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Authors: Liu, Cathy Yang

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

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

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