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Title: The Effect of Nativity, Ethnicity and Race on the Earnings of Cape Verdean Americans

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: This paper estimates the net effects of nativity, ethnicity and race on the earnings of Cape Verdean Americans, a small, Afro-European group who speak a Portuguese-based Creole. While in their homeland, most Cape Verdeans identify as mestio, but in America they are usually perceived as black. The data come from the 2000 US Census and the American Community Survey (20002007); Native Born Non-Hispanic Whites and African Americans serve as benchmarks. The results show that, controlling for pre-migration education, foreign birth is not a handicap; indeed, for women it is an advantage. Ethnicity too is never a handicap and occasionally an advantage. Race, on the other hand, penalizes males. Native born Cape Verdean men who identify as Other, Black Other or Black earn significantly less than NBNH Whites. On the other hand, regardless of racial identity, Native born Cape Verdean women earn at least as much as NBNH Whites. Finally, one subgroup of native born Cape Verdean men and women, those who identify racially as Black, earn slightly more than African Americans.

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Authors: Model, Suzanne

Periodical (Full): The Review of Black Political Economy

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Volume: 40

Pages: 425-448

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Race and Ethnicity

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