SOC 329 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Melting Pot, Social Mobility, High School Dropouts

• School: Princeton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 329
• Professor: Tod Hamilton

Document Summary

Economic impact of immigration depends on how immigrants do in the labor mark and on the adjustment process experienced by the immigrant household across generations. At least 1 foreign-born parent, but born in america themselves. Immigrants are molded from collection of diverse national origin groups into homogeneous native population. Unclear whether the us would benefit from assimilation process being much faster. Economic gains from immigration are maximized when immigrant population differs most from native population. It is in the best interest of the us to pursue policies that spur substantial. Still, net gains are small intergenerational progress by immigrant households. Also in the best interest of the us to pursue policies that reduce importance of ethnicity in determining socioeconomic outcomes in future generations. Strong positive correlation between socioeconomic outcomes experienced by ethnic groups in immigrant generation and outcomes experienced by their children and grandchildren. False perception that economic performance of children of immigrants far surpasses that of their parents.