SOC 329 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Human Capital, Employment Discrimination
21 Feb 2019
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Evidence points to the changing national origin mix of the immigrant population. Race and ethnicity are important determinants of economic performance. National origin and immigrant skills are related. Impossible to change one and not the other. 1965 amendments to the immigration and nationality act. Immediate relatives of u. s. citizens (spouses, parents, minor children) = exempt from numerical limits and entitled to immediate entry. Shifted national origin mix of immigrant population. National origin and the decline in immigrant skills. Huge differences in educational attainment and economic performance among immigrant groups. 1990: immigrants from mexico or portugal had about 8 years of schooling. Egypt, india, and uk had about 15 years. Immigrants from el salvador and mexico earned 40% less than natives. Immigrants from germany and canada earned 25% more. An additional year of school increases earnings by at least 5% in the u. s. Typical immigrant in the u. s. will be different from the typical person who remains in the source country.
