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Title: PURSUING THE AMERICAN DREAM
ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF IMMIGRANT MEN IN CALIFORNIA AND THE NATION
By: Robert F. Schoeni, Kevin F. McCarthy, Georges Vernez
Format: Paperback

List price: £14.99


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ISBN 10: 083302390X
ISBN 13: 9780833023902
Publisher: RAND
Pub. date: 17 September, 1996
Pages: 121
Synopsis: This is the first book on the economic progress of immigrants to study the various labor and earnings experiences of immigrants through 1990 by country of origin, rather than as a whole - and the first to closely examine the effects of education on immigrants' advancement. Going beyond all previous studies on the subject, the authors reveal some new and surprising differences in the progress of specific immigrant groups - one being that the rate of wage growth relative to natives' differs substantially among immigrants arriving from different countries.
Publication: US
Imprint: RAND
Returns: Non-returnable
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