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Title: Multivariate Explanation of the 1985-1990 and 1995-2000 Destination Choices of Newly Arrived Immigrants in the United States: The Beginning of a New Trend?
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Publication Year: 2007
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Abstract: This paper identifies the salient features in the19851990 and 19952000 destination choicesof newly arrived immigrants, and performsmultivariate explanation of these choices,based on an application of a multinomial logitmodel to the state-specific immigration data ofthe 1990 and 2000 censuses. The salientfeatures are that: (1) the destination choicepattern of the newly arrived immigrantsbecame more dispersed from the late 1980s tothe late 1990s; (2) the change was pervasive inthe sense that it was true for all combinationsof five broad ethnic groups and four levels ofeducational attainment; (3) the change wasmuch greater for Hispanics and Blacks thanfor Asians and Whites; (4) the lower the levelof education, the greater the increase indispersion; and (5) the Hispanics with thelowest education experienced the greatestincrease in dispersion. Our multivariateanalysis reveals that: (1) while the attraction ofco-ethnic communities as destinationsremained strong for both periods, it becamemuch less intense in the late 1990s, especiallyfor Hispanics and Blacks; (2) the newlyarrived immigrants were subject to the strongpull of higher income level in both periods; (3) the pull of employment growth becamestronger and more industry-specific from thelate 1980s to the late 1990s; and (4) the pull ofservice employment growth, especially for theleast-educated Hispanic immigrants, becamemuch stronger in the later period. In thecontext of the progressive entrenchment ofneoliberalism and the major changes inimmigration policies, our empirical findingssuggest that the ethnically selective dispersalof immigrants in the late 1990s is probably thebeginning of a new trend.
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Authors: Liaw, Kao-Lee; Frey, William H.
Periodical (Full): Population, Space and Place
Issue: 1
Volume: 13
Pages: 377-399
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
Countries: United States