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Title: Postsecondary Schooling Outcomes of Hispanic Youths in New and Established Immigrant Destinations

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Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: Among immigrant Hispanic adults in diverse communities, educational attainment is an important predictor of their future social and economic opportunity. Drawing on segmentedassimilation theory, this study examined the contribution of community characteristics-new/established destination type, presence of co-ethnic networks and co-ethnic human capitaltocollege enrollment outcomes among Hispanic youth in the Educational Longitudinal Study: 2002. Although youth whose families resided in new immigrant destinations were initially found to have more human capital, once selection into communities was accounted for via propensity score matching, those youth were less likely to enroll in four-year colleges, adjusting for academic performance, course-taking, and immigration-related factors (e.g., English nativity). However, their decreased likelihood of four-year college enrollment was directly explained by differences in co-ethnic resources in new destinations.

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Authors: Cho, Rosa M.; Rivas-Drake, Deborah

Publisher: Elsevier Editorial System

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity

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