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Title: Selective Immigration and Ethnic Economic Achievement: Japanese Americans before World War II

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2002

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Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of Japanese immigrant economic achievement in the continental United States before World War II. Japanese immigrants to the United States were a select group in terms of their occupational background and education relative to the Japanese population as a whole because of the restrictions imposed on Japanese immigration by both the Japanese and U.S. governments. Furthermore, the selective nature of Japanese immigration contributed to the economic achievement of Japanese Americans before World War II when their occupational position underwent a dramatic improvement. This finding differs from the standard cultural explanation of ethnic economic achievement.

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Authors: Suzuki, Masao

Periodical (Full): Explorations in Economic History

Issue: 3

Volume: 39

Pages: 254-281

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

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

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