Asians in the United States Labor Market: ‘Winners’ or ‘Losers’ ?

This dissertation examines employment, earnings, and income of the six major foreign and native born Asian groups, namely, Asian Indians, Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, and the Vietnamese for the year 2000. The dissertation makes three contributions…

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Why study the economic outcomes of men, women, and households of Asian
origin relative to whites?
Conceptualization, Data, and Methods
Chapter Layout
Chapter 2: Historical and Contemporary Contexts of Asian Immigration to the United States
Pre-1965 Experience
Chinese
Japanese
Filipinos
Koreans
Indians
Vietnamese
Post 1965 Experience and the ‘Model Minority Image’
Socioeconomic Profile of the Source Countries
Discussion
Chapter 3: Review of the Literature and Analytical Conceptualization
Theoretical Perspectives
Labor Market Outcomes: Empirical Research
Economic Outcomes and Human Capital/Skills
Discrimination and the ‘Glass Ceiling’
Women in the Labor Market
Household Level Studies
Summary
Study Goals
Hypotheses
Individual
Household
Chapter 4: Data and Methods
Data
Unit of Analysis
Sample
Variables
Dependent Variables: Individual Level Analyses
Dependent Variables: Household Level Analyses
Independent Variables: Individual Level Analyses
Independent Variables: Household Level Analyses
Analyses Strategy and Techniques
Multivariate Regression
Decomposition: Reweighting
Chapter 5: Employment and Earnings: Men
Employment and Hourly Earnings
Education
Potential years of work experience and English language ability
Occupation and Type of work
Assimilation and Demographic Characteristics
Multivariate Analyses
Employment
Earnings
Role of Nativity Status
Reweighting
Discussion
Chapter 6: Employment and Earnings: Women
Descriptive Findings
Multivariate Analyses
Employment
Earnings
Role of Nativity Status
Reweighting
Discussion
Chapter 7: Household Income and Household Extension Descriptive Findings
Household, Per Capita, and Per Household Labor Hour Employed Income
Median household size, Hours Worked, and Householder’s Contribution to Total Household Income and Hours
Household Type (Nuclear versus Nonnuclear)
Household Type and Income
Multivariate Findings
Household Income and Ethnicity and Household Type
Likelihood of Forming Nuclear Living Arrangement
Discussion
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Main Findings
Significance of the Findings
Empirical and Methodological Significance
Policy Implications
Limitations and Areas for Future Research
Tables
Appendix Tables
References

Author: Kulkarni, Veena S.

Source: University of Maryland

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