Underemployment across immigrant generations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2007
Abstract
The employment circumstances of immigrants and their children constitute a key dimension along which immigrant adaptation to the U.S. can be evaluated. We describe and analyze employment adequacy-defined as underemployment-among first, second and third (or higher) immigrant generations. Analyzing CPS data for the decade spanning 1995-2004, we find support for the notion of successful economic assimilation. The prevalence of underemployment is decidedly higher among the first-generation compared to the second or third, while the latter two groups differ little in this regard. These gross comparisons, however, mask important variation within immigrant generations, including a particular disadvantage among foreign-born non-citizens. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Social Science Research
First Page
1415
Last Page
1430
Recommended Citation
Slack, T., & Jensen, L. (2007). Underemployment across immigrant generations. Social Science Research, 36 (4), 1415-1430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.12.003