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Author_Jeffrey G Reitz
Black Immigrant
Black Immigrant Men
Black Immigrant Women
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Chinese Immigrants
comparative migration studies
credential recognition
cross-national
Cross-national Differences
crossnational
difference
differences
Dominant Group Men
Dominant Group Women
earnings
Earnings Distribution
Earnings Inequalities
entry
Entry Level Earnings
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Family Class Immigrants
Family Preference Categories
Greater Earnings Inequality
High Education Cities
Immigrant Earnings
Immigrant Men
Immigrant Women
Independent Immigrants
institutional effects on immigrant income
interurban
Interurban Variation
Jeffrey G. Reitz
Labor Intensive Services
Labor Market Structure
labor segmentation theory
level
Postsecondary Education
Racial Minority Immigrants
social stratification analysis
states
united
United States
urban sociology research
welfare policy impact
White Immigrant Women
Product details
- ISBN 9780813368023
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 14 May 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines how the economic performance of immigrants is shaped by national and urban social institutions. In the United States, particularly in the high-immigration cities, most immigrant-origin groups have significantly lower earnings than do their counterparts in Canadian or Australian cities. Immigration policy is not a factor, however; in fact U.S. immigrants?in particular origin groups?are not less skilled. American institutions, including education, labor market structures, and social welfare, all reflect greater individualism and all contribute to the potential for inequality. Resulting higher poverty rates for America's immigrants explains their more extensive use of its weaker welfare system. Jeffrey Reitz's social institutional approach projects the impact of institutional restructuring?past and future?on the economic performance of immigrants in these countries.
Jeffrey G. Reitz is professor of sociology at the University of Toronto.
