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Title: The Concentration of Asian Americans in STEM and Health-care Occupations: An Intergenerational Compasion

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: This article examines the concentration of Asian Americans in the STEM and health-care fields of study and occupations by generation, ethnic group and gender, compared to white Americans, based on the 200911 American Community Surveys. By making a generational comparison, it suggests that the selective migration of Asian immigrants is the most important factor to their concentration in these fields of study and occupations. Asian immigrants as a whole are highly selective in these fields of study and occupations, compared to white Americans, with some Asian groups showing much higher levels of concentration. While younger-generation Asian groups whose immigrant generations have an extremely high concentration have experienced significant reductions in STEM, the other groups have experienced moderate or significant increases. All younger-generation Asian groups apart from Filipino have significantly or moderately higher levels of representation in non-nurse health-care occupations than their immigrant counterparts.

Url: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2014.941891#.VQncSuEYEsJ

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Authors: Gap Min, Pyong; Hyun Jang, Sou

Periodical (Full): Ethnic and Racial Studies

Issue: 6

Volume: 38

Pages: 841-859

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

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

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